Workers and Change in China
Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness
Seiten
2021
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-83110-9 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-83110-9 (ISBN)
Strikes, protests and riots by Chinese workers are rising. Using interviews and statistics, Elfstrom shows that this unrest is altering governance in China at all levels. However, the result is political development of a profoundly contradictory sort: the state is becoming more responsive and more repressive at the same time.
Strikes, protests, and riots by Chinese workers have been rising over the past decade. The state has addressed a number of grievances, yet has also come down increasingly hard on civil society groups pushing for reform. Why are these two seemingly clashing developments occurring simultaneously? Manfred Elfstrom uses extensive fieldwork and statistical analysis to examine both the causes and consequences of protest. The book adopts a holistic approach, encompassing national trends in worker–state relations, local policymaking processes and the dilemmas of individual officials and activists. Instead of taking sides in the old debate over whether non-democracies like China's are on the verge of collapse or have instead found ways of maintaining their power indefinitely, it explores the daily evolution of autocratic rule. While providing a uniquely comprehensive picture of change in China, this important study proposes a new model of bottom-up change within authoritarian systems more generally.
Strikes, protests, and riots by Chinese workers have been rising over the past decade. The state has addressed a number of grievances, yet has also come down increasingly hard on civil society groups pushing for reform. Why are these two seemingly clashing developments occurring simultaneously? Manfred Elfstrom uses extensive fieldwork and statistical analysis to examine both the causes and consequences of protest. The book adopts a holistic approach, encompassing national trends in worker–state relations, local policymaking processes and the dilemmas of individual officials and activists. Instead of taking sides in the old debate over whether non-democracies like China's are on the verge of collapse or have instead found ways of maintaining their power indefinitely, it explores the daily evolution of autocratic rule. While providing a uniquely comprehensive picture of change in China, this important study proposes a new model of bottom-up change within authoritarian systems more generally.
Manfred Elfstrom is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science, University of British Columbia, Okanagan.
1. Introduction; 2. Recipes for Resistance; 3. Bureaucratic Incentives; 4. Orthodox Control; 5. Risk-Taking Control; 6. Increased Repressive and Responsive Capacity; 7. Bottom-Up versus Top-Down Change; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; References.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics |
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-83110-9 / 1108831109 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-83110-9 / 9781108831109 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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