Bruce Gilley
Bruce Gilley (Ph.D. 2008, Princeton University) is an Associate Professor of Political Science. His research centers on democracy, legitimacy, and global politics, and he is a specialist on the comparative politics of China and Asia. He is the author of four university-press books, including The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy (2009) and China’s Democratic Future (2004) in addition to Tiger on the Brink: Jiang Zemin and China’s New Elite (1998).
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Articles by Bruce Gilley
Policy Reform Measures Highlight Potential for Transformation
In the next five years, China will implement a series of transformative public sector reforms due to the convergence of several factors over the past year that have made China...
China’s New Leaders to Strengthen the Party-State
The rightward-shift in China’s politics was institutionalized formally at the highest level on November 15 when Xi Jinping became the new general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Right-leaning...
China in 2012: The Politics and Policy of Leadership Succession
In 2012, China will enter for the first time an era in which political leadership is held by people who do not have the direct imprimatur of veterans of the...