Bibliograph

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, Christopher Heurlin, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Responsive authoritarianism in China

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

962352932

Responsibility statement

Christopher Heurlin, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

land, protests, and policy making

Summary

How can protests influence policymaking 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 wide-ranging 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 doing so, 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 policymaking agenda. Delving deep into the policymaking process, the book illustrates how the State Council and NPC have become battlegrounds for conflicts between ministries and local governments over state policies.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1. Protest and policy outcomes under authoritarianism; 2. Land takings, demolitions, and a rising wave of protest signals; 3. Disruptive tactics and buying stability in local government responsiveness; 4. Social stability and the petitioning system's role in agenda setting; 5. Protest and the political mediation approach in provincial policy making; 6. The state council and the National People's Congress as veto players in the policy outcomes of protests; 7. Conclusion; Appendix 1. The LexisNexis data set; Appendix 2. The Zhejiang landless farmer survey; Appendix 3. Descriptive data on provincial adoption of social security policies

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