Party and the People (eBook)

Chinese Politics in the 21st Century

Bruce J. Dickson (Autor)

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2021
328 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21696-6 (ISBN)

Infos

How the Chinese Communist Party maintains its power by both repressing and responding to its peopleSince 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained unrivaled control over the country, persisting even in the face of economic calamity, widespread social upheaval, and violence against its own people. Yet the party does not sustain dominance through repressive tactics aloneit pairs this with surprising responsiveness to the public. The Party and the People explores how this paradox has helped the CCP endure for decades, and how this balance has shifted increasingly toward repression under the rule of President Xi Jinping.Delving into the tenuous binary of repression and responsivity, Bruce Dickson illuminates numerous questions surrounding the CCP's rule: How does it choose leaders and create policies? When does it allow protests? Will China become democratic? Dickson shows that the party's dual approach lies at the core of its practicesrepression when dealing with existential, political threats or challenges to its authority, and responsiveness when confronting localized economic or social unrest. The state answers favorably to the demands of protesters on certain issues, such as local environmental hazards and healthcare, but deals harshly with others, such as protests in Tibet, Xinjiang, or Hong Kong. With the CCP's greater reliance on suppression since Xi Jinping's rise to power in 2012, Dickson considers the ways that this tipping of the scales will influence China's future.Bringing together a vast body of sources, The Party and the People sheds new light on how the relationship between the Chinese state and its citizens shapes governance.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.5.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 17 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China • Accountability • activism • authoritarianism • Beijing • bribery • Buddhism • Cambridge University Press • Capitalism • Career • Case study • Central Committee • central government • Century of Humiliation • Chengdu • China • China in the 21st Century • China–United States relations • Chinese Economic Reform • Chinese nationalism • Chinese Politics • Chinese religious believers • Citizens (Spanish political party) • Civil Society • civil society in China • communism • Communist Party of China • communist state • compensation for seized property in China • Cultural revolution • Deliberative Democracy • Democracy in China • Democratization • democratization in China • Deng Xiaoping • Dissident • Economic Development • Economic Growth • Economic Liberalization • Elizabeth Economy • Employment • Failed State • Falun Gong • foreign policy • Freedom House • Governance • Government • Government of China • Grassroots • hu jintao • Ideology • incumbent • Institution • Jeffrey Wasserstrom • Jiang Zemin • Joseph Fewsmith • Legislature • Legitimacy (political) • Leninism • Liberalization • low wages in China • maoism • Mao Zedong • Martial Law • Marxism • Mass line • Migrant worker • Military Dictatorship • Nationalism in China • National People's Congress • National policy • national security • Nomination • Non-governmental organization • Online consultation • Paramount leader • Party leader • Party secretary • Patriotism • Policy • policymaking in China • politburo • Political Campaign • Political organization • Political Party • Political prisoner • political protest in China • Political rehabilitation • Politician • Politics • Politics of China • pollution • private sector • Protest • Protestantism • Public comment • Public security • Public sphere • regime change • Religion • Religion in China • responsiveness without accountability • Rethinking Chinese Politics • Rule of Law • Socialism with Chinese Characteristics • State constitution (United States) • Suggestion • Term limit • The Third Revolution • Tiananmen Square • urbanization • Voting • welfare • Xi Jinping • Xinjiang • Zhao Ziyang
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21696-7 / 0691216967
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21696-6 / 9780691216966