The Politics of Ambition:
Career Advancement, Party Unity, and Party Policy Positions

Dissertation Chapters


Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Party Organization, Career Ambition, and Information 

Chapter Three: Factional Membership and Party Policy Positions

Chapter Four: A Test of Intra-Party Career Prospects and Party Unity

Chapter Five: Change in Party Policy Positions

Chapter Six: A Test of Change in Party Unity and Party Policy Positions

Chapter Seven: Local Careers and Party Policy Change in the Chinese Communist Party

Chapter Eight: Conclusions and Future Work

Dissertation Committee

Dr. William Heller, Dissertation Advisor and Associate Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University (SUNY) 

Dr. Olga Shvetsova, Associate Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University (SUNY) 

Dr. Michael D. McDonald, Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University (SUNY)