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

Author
Heurlin, Christopher [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Description
xv, 226 pages ; 24 cm

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    "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"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9781107131132 ((hardcover))
    • 1107131138 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2016034411
    OCLC
    957738707
    Other standard number
    • 40026739152
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