Chinese Politics As Fragmented Authoritarianism

Author : Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317245407

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Chinese Politics as Fragmented Authoritarianism by Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard Pdf

This book explores how far the concept of fragmented authoritarianism remains valid as the key concept for understanding how the Chinese political process works. It contrasts fragmented authoritarianism, which places bureaucratic bargaining at the centre of policy-making, arguing that the goals and interests of the implementing agencies have to be incorporated into a policy if implementation is to be secured, with other characterisations of China’s political process. Individual chapters consider fragmented authoritarianism at work in a range of key policy areas, including energy issues, climate change and environmental management, financial reform, and civil-military relations. The book also explores policy making at the national, provincial, city and local levels; debates how far the model of fragmented authoritarianism is valid in its current form or whether modifications are needed; and discusses whether the system of policy making and implementation is overcomplicated, unwieldy and ineffective or whether it is constructive in enabling widespread consultation and scope for imagination, flexibility and variation.

Author : Kenneth G. Lieberthal,David M. Lampton
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520377233

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Bureaucracy, Politics, and Decision Making in Post-Mao China by Kenneth G. Lieberthal,David M. Lampton Pdf

Using a model of "fragmented authoritarianism," this volume sharpens our view of the inner workings of the Chinese bureaucracy. The contributors' interviews with politically well-placed bureaucrats and scholars, along with documentary and field research, illuminate the bargaining and maneuvering among officials on the national, provincial, and local levels. CONTRIBUTORS:Nina P. HalpernCarol Lee HamrinDavid M. LamptonKenneth G. LieberthalMelanie ManionBarry NaughtonLynne PaineJonathan D. PollackSusan L. ShirkPaul E. SchroederAndrew G. WalderDavid Zweig This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.

Author : Wenfang Tang
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190205782

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Populist Authoritarianism by Wenfang Tang Pdf

In Populist Authoritarianism Wenfang Tang develops a theory of why Chinese citizens support an authoritarian regime, employing a wealth of data taken from more than two decades' worth of national and cross national surveys. Although China has changed considerably on the surface in the post-Mao era, Tang points to notable continuity from the Chinese Communist Party's revolutionary experiences to its current governing style. He proposes a theoretical framework of "populist authoritarianism" which is characterized by Mass Line ideology accumulation of social capital, public political activism and contentious politics, a paranoid and hyper-responsive government, weak political and civic institutions and a high level of regime trust. The CCP currently enjoys strong public support but such a system is inherently vulnerable. Because drastic changes in public opinion cannot be filtered through political institutions such as elections and the rule of law, these changes can result in system wide political earthquakes. How is it, then that the Communist Party once led by Mao-which still adheres to the Marxist-Leninist and nationalist rhetoric of yore-continues to rule with little serious dissent? Marshaling the best evidence that is currently available populist Authoritarianism will reshape our understanding of why the Chinese regime persists despite decades of predictions of its demise.

Author : Kjeld Erik Brodsgaard
Publisher : Critical Readings
Page : 1580 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9004302166

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Critical Readings on the Communist Party of China (4 Vols. Set) by Kjeld Erik Brodsgaard Pdf

"The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with nearly 90 million members, is the largest ruling political party in the world. Its power and influence reach into every corner of state, society and economy in China. Given the CCP's omnipresence, in-depth knowledge of how the CCP is organized and managed and how it will likely evolve is of paramount importance and is a basic prerequisite for understanding China's rise." -- Back cover

Author : Daniel R. Hammond
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781474420129

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Politics and Policy in China's Social Assistance Reform by Daniel R. Hammond Pdf

An experimental reading of The Second Sex through the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze.

Author : Hongyi Lai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317859529

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China's Governance Model by Hongyi Lai Pdf

Many studies of government in China either simply describe the political institutions or else focus, critically, on the weaknesses of the system, such as corruption or the absence of Western-style democracy. Authors of these studies fail to appreciate the surprising ability of China’s government to rapidly transform a once impoverished economy and to recover from numerous crises from 1978 to the present. This book, on the other hand, takes a more balanced, more positive view. This view is based on a study of changes in China’s institutions for coping with critical crises in governance since 1978. These changes include better management of leadership succession, better crisis management, improved social welfare, the management of society through treating different social groups differently depending on their potential to rival the Party state, and a variety of limited, intra-party and grassroots democracy. This book applies to the Chinese model the term “pragmatic authoritarianism.” It explains changes to and the likely future direction of China’s governance model. It compares current risks in China’s governance with threats that terminated dynasties and the republic in China over the past four thousand years and concludes that the regime can be expected to survive a considerable period despite its existing flaws. "Few topics in Chinese politics are as significant as the nature, state and prospects of the political regime. While the topic had been unduly understudied for a long period of time, a young generation of scholars has emerged on this subject. Among others, the book by Hongyi Lai stands out and provides a comprehensive and penetrating analysis on this topic....I am confident that his book will make a significant contribution to the study of Chinese politics and may well define the debate on China’s political development, governance and model for years to come." - Yongnian Zheng, Director, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

Author : Jeremy L. Wallace
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780197627655

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Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts by Jeremy L. Wallace Pdf

"A few numbers came to define Chinese politics, until they did not count what mattered and what they counted did not measure up. Seeking Truth argues that the Chinese government adopted a system of limited, quantified vision in order to survive the disasters unleashed by Mao Zedong's ideological leadership, explains how that system worked, and analyzes how problems accumulated in its blind spots leading Xi Jinping to take the regime into a neopolitical turn. Xi's new normal is an attempt fix the problems of the prior system, as well as a hedge against an inability to do so. The book argues that while of course dictators stay in power through coercion and cooptation, they also do so by convincing their populations and themselves of their right to rule. Quantification is one tool in this persuasive arsenal, but it comes with its own perils"--

Author : Rongxin Li
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811938696

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Consultative Democracy or Consultative Authoritarianism? by Rongxin Li Pdf

This book theorizes Chinese politics, specifically about China’s “deliberative democracy (xieshang minzhu 协商民主)”. Creating a China-West comparative framework, the author interrogates China's government's claims to give representation to citizens, allowing readers to see how all of these concepts interact within Chinese ideology, democratic discourse, and governance, and their relationship with Chinese authoritarianism. Above all, this book represents a sustained hybridization of political theory, one which is neither a simple democratic-authoritarian dichotomy, nor a reinterpretation of the official propaganda. This study will interest scholars of Chinese politics and statecraft, shedding light on an emergent discourse of the state – Chinese xieshang minzhu. More importantly, this book goes beyond a simple rhetorical and linguistic use of ‘deliberative democracy’ in the Western sense, and rather emphasizes the very consultative nature of Chinese politics, which facilitates and reconsolidates Chinese authoritarianism.

Author : Yongnian Zheng,Yiyi Lu,Lynn T. White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : China
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131278439

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Politics of Modern China: Policy-making and policy implementation by Yongnian Zheng,Yiyi Lu,Lynn T. White Pdf

Author : Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317245391

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Chinese Politics as Fragmented Authoritarianism by Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard Pdf

This book explores how far the concept of fragmented authoritarianism remains valid as the key concept for understanding how the Chinese political process works. It contrasts fragmented authoritarianism, which places bureaucratic bargaining at the centre of policy-making, arguing that the goals and interests of the implementing agencies have to be incorporated into a policy if implementation is to be secured, with other characterisations of China’s political process. Individual chapters consider fragmented authoritarianism at work in a range of key policy areas, including energy issues, climate change and environmental management, financial reform, and civil-military relations. The book also explores policy making at the national, provincial, city and local levels; debates how far the model of fragmented authoritarianism is valid in its current form or whether modifications are needed; and discusses whether the system of policy making and implementation is overcomplicated, unwieldy and ineffective or whether it is constructive in enabling widespread consultation and scope for imagination, flexibility and variation.

Author : Zhengyuan Fu
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521442281

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Autocratic Tradition and Chinese Politics by Zhengyuan Fu Pdf

This book examines the Chinese political tradition over the past two thousand years and argues that the enduring and most important feature of this tradition is autocracy. The author interprets the communist takeover of 1949 not as a revolution but as a continuation of the imperial tradition. The book shows how Mao Zedong revitalised this autocratic tradition along five lines: the use of ideology for political control; concentration of power in the hands of a few; state power over all aspects of life; law as a tool wielded by the ruler, who is himself above the law; and the subjection of the individual to the state. Using a statist approach, the book argues that in China political action of the state has been the single most important factor in determining socio-economic change.

Author : Xibai Xu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : China
ISBN : OCLC:863592682

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Fragmented Authoritarianism, Selective Control and the Rise of Entrepreneurs by Xibai Xu Pdf

Author : Andrew C. Mertha
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801462177

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China's Water Warriors by Andrew C. Mertha Pdf

Today opponents of large-scale dam projects in China, rather than being greeted with indifference or repression, are part of the hydropower policymaking process itself. What accounts for this dramatic change in this critical policy area surrounding China's insatiable quest for energy? In China's Water Warriors, Andrew C. Mertha argues that as China has become increasingly market driven, decentralized, and politically heterogeneous, the control and management of water has transformed from an unquestioned economic imperative to a lightning rod of bureaucratic infighting, societal opposition, and open protest. Although bargaining has always been present in Chinese politics, more recently the media, nongovernmental organizations, and other activists—actors hitherto denied a seat at the table—have emerged as serious players in the policy-making process. Drawing from extensive field research in some of the most remote parts of Southwest China, China's Water Warriors contains rich narratives of the widespread opposition to dams in Pubugou and Dujiangyan in Sichuan province and the Nu River Project in Yunnan province. Mertha concludes that the impact and occasional success of such grassroots movements and policy activism signal a marked change in China's domestic politics. He questions democratization as the only, or even the most illuminating, indicator of political liberalization in China, instead offering an informed and hopeful picture of a growing pluralization of the Chinese policy process as exemplified by hydropower politics. For the 2010 paperback edition, Mertha tests his conclusions against events in China since 2008, including the Olympics, the devastating 208 Wenchuan earthquake, and the Uighar and Tibetan protests of 2008 and 2009.

Author : Jiwei Qian
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811650253

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The Political Economy of Making and Implementing Social Policy in China by Jiwei Qian Pdf

This book explores the institutional factors in social policymaking and implementation in China. From the performance evaluation system for local cadres to the intergovernmental fiscal system, local policy experimentation, logrolling among government departments, and the “top-level” design, there are a number of factors that make policy in China less than straightforward. The book argues that it is bureaucratic incentive structure lead to a fragmented and stratified welfare system in China. Using a variety of Chinese- and English-language sources, including central and local government documents, budgetary data, household surveys, media databases, etc., this book covers the development of China’s pensions, health insurance, unemployment insurance, and social assistance programs since the 1990s, with a focus on initiatives since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing a deeper understanding of policymaking and implementation in China, this book interests scholars of public administration, political economy, Asian politics, and social development.

Author : Jie Chen,Peng Deng
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015032193206

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China Since the Cultural Revolution by Jie Chen,Peng Deng Pdf

This book provides an alternative analytical approach to the study of China's political changes since the Cultural Revolution, which treats those changes as a transition from totalitarianism to authoritarianism. While depicting important political-economic events, it focuses on the changes in such major sociopolitical factors as the people's attitude toward the regime, government policy, the ruling methods of the regime, and the interrelationships among them. Based on the analyses of these factors, the book also predicts the future of the current Communist regime in terms of the challenges it will face and its ability to meet them.