China's security state
Subtitle: philosophy, evolution, and politics
By: Xuezhi Guo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9781107023239
Subjects: Police; National security; Zhongguo gong chan dang; Intelligence service; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International; History
Description: "China's Security State describes the creation, evolution, and development of Chinese security and intelligence agencies as well as their role in influencing Chinese Communist Party politics throughout the party's history"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Historical evolution of public security organizations; 2. From the social affairs department to the ministry of public security; 3. Leading central security agency: Central Guard Bureau; 4. Elite security corps: Central Guard Regiment; 5. Armed police and its historical role in the CCP politics; 6. People's armed police in the reform era; 7. Garrison commands; 8. CCP intelligence agencies and services in the revolutionary era; 9. The intelligence apparatus and services under PRC; 10. The PLA, security services, and the elite politics.