To Govern China: Evolving Practices of Power

ISBN-13: 9781316643167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 333 str.

Vivienne Shue; Patricia M. Thornton

Opis

This book presents a uniquely dynamic and fluid model of political evolution in the world's largest and most powerful authoritarian regime.

Recenzje

'This volume argues it is high time to move beyond transitology and authoritarian resilience in the study of Chinese politics. It offers a thoughtful critique of the focus on institutions and proposes a more dynamic, fluid, and 'braided' conceptualization of political change.' Lisa Hoffman, University of Washington, Tacoma

Spis treści

Introduction: beyond implicit political dichotomies and linear models of change in China Vivienne Shue and Patricia M. Thornton; Part I. Leadership Practices: 1. Cultural governance in contemporary China: 're-orienting' party propaganda Elizabeth J. Perry; 2. China's core executive in economic policy: pursuing national agendas in a fragmented polity Sebastian Heilmann; 3. Maps, dreams, and the trails to heaven: envisioning a future Chinese nation-space Vivienne Shue; Part II. People's Government: 4. 'Mass supervision' and the bureaucratization of governance in China Joel Andreas and Yige Dong; 5. Shared fictions and informal politics in China Robert P. Weller; Part III. Expedients of the Local State: Bargains and Deals: 6. Seeing like a grassroots state: producing power and instability in China's bargained authoritarianism Ching Kwan Lee and Yong Hong Zhang; 7. Finding China's urban: bargained land conversions, local assemblages, and fragmented urbanization Luigi Tomba; Part IV. Governance of the Individual and Techniques of the Self: 8. Governing from the middle? Understanding the making of China's middle classes Jean-Louis Rocca; 9. A new urban underclass? Making and managing 'vulnerable groups' in contemporary China Patricia M. Thornton; 10. The policy innovation imperative: changing techniques for governing China's local governors Christian Göbel and Thomas Heberer.