Evolution in the Civil-Military Relationship in the People's Republic of China and the Potential Impact on the Recent Endeavor to Professionalize the People's Liberation Army

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dc.contributor.advisorMiller, Alice
dc.contributor.authorJones, Randall D.
dc.contributor.departmentSecurity Studies
dc.contributor.secondreaderLooney, Robert
dc.date12-Jun
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-30T23:15:57Z
dc.date.available2012-07-30T23:15:57Z
dc.date.issued2012-06
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I analyze how civil-military relations in the PRC have evolved during previous efforts to professionalize the military and examine the implications on contemporary analysis of civil-military relations. Current approaches to understanding civil-military relations in the PRC have focused on the professionalization of the military. However, lessons learned from similar episodes of professionalization in the PLAs past have not been fully incorporated into the current analyses. I develop two case studies chosen at times when there was a prominent shift in the relationship between the CCP and PLA that negatively affected the push toward increased professionalization of the military. The first case study traces the growth and reversal to professionalization in the late 1950s while the second case study follows the professionalization trend through the 1980s and its dramatic reversal in the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident. By comparing the key linkages between the CCP and PLA that allowed for the previous reversals of professionalization in the military, I highlight the consistencies among the different episodes in the PRC's civil-military history. Lastly, I expand on the implication of these findings on contemporary civil-military relations and its potential impact on current professionalization of the PLA.en_US
dc.description.serviceLieutenant, United States Navyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/evolutionincivil109457365
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/7365
dc.publisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.subject.authorProfessionalizationen_US
dc.subject.authorCivil-Militaryen_US
dc.subject.authorPeople's Republic of Chinaen_US
dc.subject.authorChinese Communist Partyen_US
dc.subject.authorPeople's Liberation Armyen_US
dc.subject.authorSino-Sovieten_US
dc.subject.authorTiananmenen_US
dc.subject.authorPoliticizationen_US
dc.subject.authorFactionalismen_US
dc.subject.authorSymbiosisen_US
dc.subject.authorInterlocking Directorateen_US
dc.subject.authorParty Controlen_US
dc.subject.authorConditional Complianceen_US
dc.subject.authorState Controlen_US
dc.subject.authorGeneral Political Departmenten_US
dc.subject.authorPolitical Commissaren_US
dc.subject.authorParty Committeeen_US
dc.titleEvolution in the Civil-Military Relationship in the People's Republic of China and the Potential Impact on the Recent Endeavor to Professionalize the People's Liberation Armyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineSecurity Studies (Far East, Southeast Asia, The Pacific)en_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate School (U.S.)en_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Arts In Security Studies (Far East, Southeast Asia, The Pacific)en_US
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