China as a Double-Bind Regulatory State

How Internet Regulators’ Predicament Produces Regulatees’ Autonomy

Aifang Ma (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

371 Seiten

2024 | 2024 ed.
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-99-8856-3 (ISBN)

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This book explores the dynamics of the Chinese regulation of internet firms. Sitting at the crossroad of regulation studies, communication studies, political economy, and the social movements, it conceptualises China as a “double-bind regulatory state”, defined as a two-step autonomy-enabling process. First, the party-state’s pursuit of competiting objectives creates a predicament for regulators. In the second step, private internet firms consciously exploit regulators’ predicament to enlarge their maneuvering room. The approach of “double-bind regulatory state” challenges some current academic accounts that exaggerate the capacity of the Chinese party-state to establish seamless control. This book is of interest to scholars of Chinese politics, digital law, political economy, and more.

Dr. Aifang Ma is currently a Boya Postdoctoral Scholar and a Lecturer at the School of Journalism and Communication, Peking University. She obtains her Ph.D in political science at Sciences Po Paris in 2022. She works on the regulation of the digital economy and artificial intelligence. Her research has been published in Public Administration, Revue Monde Chinois Nouvelle Asie, Constructif, Modern Publishing, Journal of Tianjin Administration Institute, Twenty-First Century, Mutations, The Conversation, etc.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: A Conceptual Scheme for the Double-Bind Regulatory State.- Chapter 3: Particularities of the Economic Regulation of the ISM Industry.- Chapter 4: Particularities of the Political Regulation of the ISM Industry.- Chapter 5: Economic Versus Political Goals.- Chapter 6: The Dynamics of Fragmented Authoritarianism.- Chapter 7: Global Leadership Comes at a Price.- Chapter 8: The Double-Bind Regulation Beyond China.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.03.2024
Zusatzinfo	14 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XXI, 371 p. 15 illus., 14 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► IT-Recht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
Schlagworte	Chinese leadership • Double Bind regulatory party-state • Internet firms • Political sociology of social movements • Xi Jinping
ISBN-10	981-99-8856-X / 981998856X
ISBN-13	978-981-99-8856-3 / 9789819988563
Zustand	Neuware