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The Resource Responsive authoritarianism in China : land, protests, and policy making, Christopher Heurlin, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

Responsive authoritarianism in China : land, protests, and policy making, Christopher Heurlin, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

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Responsive authoritarianism in China : land, protests, and policy making
Title
Responsive authoritarianism in China
Title remainder
land, protests, and policy making
Statement of responsibility
Christopher Heurlin, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
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Language
eng
Summary
"How can protests influence policy making in a repressive dictatorship? Responsive Authoritarianism in China sheds light on this important question through case studies of land takings and demolitions - two of the most explosive issues in contemporary China. In the early 2000s, landless farmers and evictees unleashed waves of disruptive protests. Surprisingly, the Chinese government responded by adopting wideranging policy changes that addressed many of the protesters' grievances. Heurlin traces policy changes from local protests in the provinces to the halls of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing. In so doing, he highlights the interplay between local protests, state institutions, and elite politics. He shows that the much-maligned petitioning system actually plays an important role in elevating protesters' concerns to the policy-making agenda. Delving deep into the policy-making process, this book illustrates how the State Council and NPC have become battlegrounds for conflicts between ministries and local governments over state policies"--
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Heurlin, Christopher,
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • China
  • China
  • Central-local government relations
  • Authoritarianism
  • Protest movements
  • Petition, Right of
  • Land tenure
  • Land reform
  • Authoritarianism
  • Central-local government relations
  • Land reform
  • Land tenure
  • Petition, Right of
  • Protest movements
  • China
  • China
  • China
Label
Responsive authoritarianism in China : land, protests, and policy making, Christopher Heurlin, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Protest and policy outcomes under authoritarianism -- Land takings, demolitions, and a rising wave of protest signals -- Disruptive tactics and buying stability in local government responsiveness -- Social stability and the petitioning system's role in agenda setting -- Protest and the political mediation approach in provincial policy making -- The state council and the National People's Congress as veto players in the policy outcomes of protests -- Appendix 1. The LexisNexis data set -- Appendix 2. The Zhejiang landless farmer survey -- Appendix 3. Descriptive data on provincial adoption of social security policies
Control code
957738707
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 226 pages
Isbn
9781107131132
Lccn
2016034411
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)957738707
Label
Responsive authoritarianism in China : land, protests, and policy making, Christopher Heurlin, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Protest and policy outcomes under authoritarianism -- Land takings, demolitions, and a rising wave of protest signals -- Disruptive tactics and buying stability in local government responsiveness -- Social stability and the petitioning system's role in agenda setting -- Protest and the political mediation approach in provincial policy making -- The state council and the National People's Congress as veto players in the policy outcomes of protests -- Appendix 1. The LexisNexis data set -- Appendix 2. The Zhejiang landless farmer survey -- Appendix 3. Descriptive data on provincial adoption of social security policies
Control code
957738707
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 226 pages
Isbn
9781107131132
Lccn
2016034411
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)957738707

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