Authoritarian Powers - Russia and China Compared

Informationen zum Autor 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Economic Inequality and Political Stability in Russia and China Stephen White, Ian McAllister & Neil Munro The 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

Product details

• Authors: Stephen (University of Glasgow White, Stephen Mcallister White
• Assisted by: Ian Mcallister (Editor), Neil Munro (Editor), Stephen White (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138569935
• ISBN: 978-1-138-56993-5
• No. of pages: 114
• Series: Routledge Europe-Asia Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; China, Russia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Social discrimination & inequality, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Social discrimination and social justice