Responsive Authoritarianism in China - Land, Protests, and Policy Making

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Heurlin is an Assistant Professor in the Government and Legal Studies Department and Asian Studies Program at Bowdoin College, Maine. He earned a BA from Carleton College, Minnesota and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Washington. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and he has published articles in German Politics and VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. Klappentext Challenging the notion of China as merely a repressive dictatorship, Heurlin shows that policymaking has been surprisingly responsive to protests. Zusammenfassung Through new archival data and interviews! this book shows that protests and petitions against land takings and demolitions caused major policy changes in contemporary China. By illuminating the under-studied subject of protest outcomes in dictatorships! the book appeals to students of social movements! authoritarian politics! political economy! and China studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Protest and policy outcomes under authoritarianism; 2. Land takings, demolitions, and a rising wave of protest signals; 3. Disruptive tactics and buying stability in local government responsiveness; 4. Social stability and the petitioning system's role in agenda setting; 5. Protest and the political mediation approach in provincial policy making; 6. The state council and the National People's Congress as veto players in the policy outcomes of protests; 7. Conclusion; Appendix 1. The LexisNexis data set; Appendix 2. The Zhejiang landless farmer survey; Appendix 3. Descriptive data on provincial adoption of social security policies.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Heurlin, Christopher (Bowdoin College Heurlin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781107131132
• ISBN: 978-1-107-13113-2
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Political activism, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, Political activism / Political engagement