Authoritarian Powers: Russia and China Compared

ISBN-13: 9780367892449 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 114 str.

Stephen White; Ian McAllister; Neil Munro

Opis

The economic growth of Russia and China has been impressive, but it hides unprecedented levels of inequality. This book evaluates the threat to political stability caused by this inequality, and how Russia and China have responded to it. The chapters in this book originally published as a special issue in Europe-Asia Studies.

Spis treści

Economic Inequality and Political Stability in Russia and China Stephen White, Ian McAllister & Neil MunroThe Social Contract Revisited: Evidence from Communist and State Capitalist Economies Linda J. Cook & Martin K. Dimitrov Actual and Perceptual Social Inequality under Transformative Change in Russia and China Elena Danilova Predictors of Support for State Social Welfare Provision in Russia and China Neil Munro Economic Change and Public Support for Democracy in China and Russia Ian McAllister & Stephen White Why do Authoritarian Regimes Provide Public Goods? Policy Communities, External Shocks and Ideas in China’s Rural Social Policy Making Jane Duckett & Guohui Wang

 

O autorze

Stephen White is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK.

Ian McAllister is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at The Australian National University.

Neil Munro is Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK.