Societal Takeover in China and the USSR

Issue Date January 1992
Volume 3
Issue 1
Page Numbers 108-18
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About the Author

Minxin Pei is Tom and Margot Pritzker ’72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. In January 2021, he joined the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy.

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