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democratic centralism

noun

  1. the Leninist principle that policy should be decided centrally by officials, who are nominally democratically elected
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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By then, Mr. Xi had already defied optimistic expectations, Chinese and American, by acting on his deep-seated belief that political and economic openness had undone the Soviet Union and would also destroy Chinese Communism unless the party doubled down on what Lenin called 鈥渄emocratic centralism.鈥

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The decision that elevated him to 鈥渃ore鈥 also emphasized 鈥渄emocratic centralism鈥 鈥 giving all senior officials a say 鈥 and said they should come from the 鈥渇ive lakes and four seas,鈥 meaning from varied backgrounds.

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Other campaigns have been more ideological: the 鈥淓ight Musts鈥 of 2012 stressed the importance of the party鈥檚 monopoly of power as well as of 鈥渞eform and opening鈥; a campaign was launched in February requiring officials to bone up on Mao鈥檚 essay, 鈥淲orking Methods of Party Committees鈥, and 鈥渋mprove their consciousness of democratic centralism鈥.

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Vietnam follows the classic communist doctrine of democratic centralism, whereby the party is the only permitted political player.

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"This is a big step backwards and a reassertion of the Leninist principle of 'democratic centralism' 鈥 which is 100% centralism and 0% democratic."

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