DITTMER Lowell

On the sixth generation : preliminary speculations about Chinese politics after Xi/ Lowell Dittmer - 2020

The article highlights a review of the past pattern of China's generational evolution and by a theory of generational change to account for it. The essay concludes with a discussion of China's path-dependent cyclical future evolution. According to scarcity theory, a compensatory drive for scarce values may hence be expected to arise with the 6th generation. The socialization theory: the CCP leadership may be expected not only to reflect the needs of the next generation but to try to control and to mold it.


CHINA -- POLITICS
CHINA -- LEADER