Hongyi Lai

China's Governance Model

Flexibility and Durability of Pragmatic Authoritarianism

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Produktbeschreibung

Many books on 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. This book, on the other hand, takes a more balanced, more positive view. It argues that, although the party-state is determined to preserve itself, China's governance model has changed for the better in many respects in recent years. These changes, discussed fully in the book, 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 potentially to rival the party-state, and increasing, but limited, intra-party grassroots democracy. The book explains the thinking which lies behind China's governance model and the changes to it, and assesses how the governance model is likely to develop, comparing recent developments with changes in China's governance over a long historical period, and concluding that the regime can be expected to survive for the foreseeable future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780415734196
• ISBN-10: 0415734193
• Artikelnr.: 40543295

Autorenporträt

Hongyi Lai is an Associate Professor in the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies and a Senior Fellow of the China Policy Institute at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I - Introduction 1. Understanding China's Model of Governance and
Development: Improvement without Democracy 2. Pragmatic Authoritarianism in
China Part II - Economic and Social Governance 3. Pro-Growth
Authoritarianism: Results and Resentments of Governance 4. Defusing
Discontents through Welfare and Aid 5. Differentiated Treatment of
Religious Groups: Maintaining Monopoly over a Reviving Society Part III -
Political Governance 6. Overhauling Crisis Management: Epidemics and Beyond
7. Smoothening Leadership Succession 8. Intra-Party and Grass-Roots
Democracy: How Far Has It Gone? Part IV - Conclusion 9. Durability of the
Party-State: The Life Span of Unified Regimes in China 10. The Future of
Governance in China: Toward Authoritarian Flexibility and Durability