PLA influence on China's national security policy-making / editors, Phillip C. Saunders, Andrew Scobell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scobell, Andrew, editor.

Saunders, Phillip C. (Phillip Charles), 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China. Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun--Political activity.

China.

National security--China.

National security.

Civil-military relations--China.

Civil-military relations.

China--Military policy.

China--Foreign relations--21st century.

China--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford Security Studies, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years there have been reports of actions purportedly taken by People's Liberation Army (PLA) units without civilian authorization, and of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) civilian leaders seeking to curry favor with the military—suggesting that a nationalistic and increasingly influential PLA is driving more assertive Chinese policies on a range of military and sovereignty issues. To many experienced PLA watchers, however, the PLA remains a "party-army" that is responsive to orders from the CCP. PLA Influence on China's National Security Policymaking seeks to assess the "real" relationship between the PLA and its civilian masters by moving beyond media and pundit speculation to mount an in-depth examination and explanation of the PLA's role in national security policymaking. After examining the structural factors that shape PLA interactions with the Party-State, the book uses case studies to explore the PLA's role in foreign policy crises. It then assesses the PLA's role in China's territorial disputes and in military interactions with civilian government and business, exploring the military's role in China's civil–military integration development strategy. The evidence reveals that today's PLA does appear to have more influence on purely military issues than in the past—but much less influence on political issues—and to be more actively engaged in policy debates on mixed civil-military issues where military equities are at stake.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: PLA Influence on China’s National Security Policymaking

1. Reconsidering the PLA as an Interest Group

2. The PLA in the Party Leadership Decision making System

3. The Riddle in the Middle: China’s Central Military Commission in the Twenty-first Century

4. Top Leaders and the PLA: The Different Styles of Jiang, Hu, and Xi

5. The PLA Role in China’s Foreign Policy and Crisis Behavior

6. The PLA Role in China’s Taiwan Policymaking

7. The PLA Role in China’s DPRK Policy

8. The Rise of PLA Diplomacy

9. The PLA and National Security Decision making: Insights from China’s Territorial and Maritime Disputes

10. The PLA Navy Lobby and Its Influence over China’s Maritime Sovereignty Policies

11. The PLA and Maritime Security Ac tors

INDEX

About the Contributors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804796286

0804796289

OCLC:

1198929593