Authoritarian Commons - Neighborhood Democratization in Urban China

"This book is for students and scholars of law, political science, sociology, and economics who are interested in democratic theory, authoritarianism, marketization and democratization, property rights and development, and the relationship between rule of law and democracy, and for those interested in China's past, present and future"--

Sommario

Introduction; Part I. Theory: 1. Defining the authoritarian commons; 2. Neighborhood democratization; Part II. A Tale of Three Cities: 3 The three styles of authoritarianism; 4. Rule of law for democracy; 5. Property: a political right, social right, or legal right?; Part III. Benefits and Risks: 6. The origin of self-governed communities in authoritarian cities; 7. Neighborhood governance during China's COVID lockdowns; 8. Contesting party leadership; 9. Associations beyond neighborhoods and property; Conclusion: democracy in China?; Appendix I. Summary of research methods; Appendix II. Survey data and analysis.

Info autore

Shitong Qiao is is Professor of Law and Ken Young-Gak Yun and Jinah Park Yun Research Scholar at Duke University. He also taught property and comparative law at the University of Hong Kong and New York University and was Law and Public Affairs Fellow at Princeton University. He received his law degrees from Wuhan (LLB), Peking (MPhil) and Yale (LLM and JSD). He has published numerous articles in the top Chinese and US law journals and a prize-winning book about law and marketization, Chinese Small Property: The Co-Evolution of Law and Social Norms (Cambridge University Press, 2017).

Riassunto

This book is for students and scholars of law, political science, sociology, and economics who are interested in democratic theory, authoritarianism, marketization and democratization, property rights and development, and the relationship between rule of law and democracy, and for those interested in China's past, present and future.

Prefazione

Based on six-year ethnographic research across China, it examines how millions of Chinese homeowners practice democracy and the party-state's responses.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Shitong Qiao, Shitong (Duke University Qiao
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781108840279
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84027-9
• Pagine: 264
• Serie: Law in Context
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, LAW / Property, LAW / Comparative, Political science & theory, Urban & municipal planning, comparative law, Political science and theory, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Property law: general, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, property law