New Democracy

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New Democracy is Mao Zedong’s political theory proposing a transitional stage in which a coalition of revolutionary classes jointly governs to move a semi-colonial, semi-feudal society toward socialism.

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New Democracy canonical 2
New Democracy theory 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maoist theory
political theory
revolutionary strategy
advocates coalition government of revolutionary classes
aimsAt transition to socialism
allows limited private property in non-strategic sectors
appliesTo semi-colonial societies
semi-feudal societies
associatedWithOrganization Chinese Communist Party
surface form: Communist Party of China
author Mao Zedong
centralConcept joint rule of revolutionary classes
contrastsWith liberal parliamentary democracy
corePrinciple leadership of the proletariat
united front of revolutionary classes
developedBy Mao Zedong
distinguishesFrom Soviet-style immediate socialism
bourgeois democracy
economicPolicy mixed economy under revolutionary state leadership
goal elimination of feudal land relations
elimination of imperialist domination
historicalContext Chinese Revolution
surface form: Chinese revolution
ideologicalCurrent Maoism
Marxism–Leninism
includesClass national bourgeoisie
peasantry
petty bourgeoisie
working class
influenced revolutionary movements in the Global South
justifies temporary alliance with national bourgeoisie
keyText On New Democracy
languageOfOriginalFormulation Chinese
opposes bureaucrat capitalism
feudalism
imperialism
politicalForm people’s democratic dictatorship
precedes socialist transformation
proposes transitional stage between old society and socialism
regionOfOrigin China
relatedConcept new-democratic revolution
people’s democratic dictatorship
united front
stageInProcess new-democratic revolution
supports land reform
nationalization of key industries
timePeriod Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War era
viewsStateAs instrument of class rule during transition
yearFormulated 1940

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David Alfaro Siqueiros notableWork New Democracy
People's Republic of China founding ideology coreComponent New Democracy
this entity surface form: New Democracy theory