Beyond Coercion - The Politics of Inequality in China

This book advances an original theory and concept of political atomization to explain how the Chinese state maintains social control and entrenches structural inequality. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

List of contents

1. Inequality and the autocrat's toolbox; 2. A theory of political atomization; Part I. Public Services as Social Control: 3. Deflecting migrant workers; 4. Demobilizing migrant workers; Part II. Migrant workers blunting control; 5. Playing with institutional leeway; 6. Making do and muddling through; 7. Conclusion.

About the author

Alexsia T. Chan is Associate Professor of Government at Hamilton College. Her research examines authoritarian politics and development with a focus on China.

Summary

This book advances an original theory and concept of political atomization to explain how the Chinese state maintains social control and entrenches structural inequality. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Foreword

Advances the concept of political atomization to explain mechanisms of social control used by the Chinese state.

Product details

• Authors: Alexsia T. Chan, Alexsia T. (Hamilton College Chan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009355674
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935567-4
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Politics & government, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Politics and government, East Asia, Far East