Wenfang Tang (University of Iowa Professor of Political Science)

Populist Authoritarianism P

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Produktbeschreibung

Populist Authoritarianism attempts to explain why protests and regime support coexist in China. It proposes a theoretical framework of Populist Authoritarianism as the explanation of regime sustainability. The book draws empirical evidence from multiple public opinion surveys conducted from 1987 to 2014.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780190205799
• ISBN-10: 0190205792
• Artikelnr.: 47802555

Autorenporträt

Wenfang Tang is Professor of Political Science, Chair of Chinese Culture and Institutions, and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Iowa

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1 CHINESE POLITICAL CULTURE AND REGIME SUSTAINABILITY
* Introduction
* Why Does Political Culture Matter?
* Mass Line: the Origin of the Populist Authoritarian Political Culture
* Primitive Accumulation of Social Capital in China
* Political Culture in Post-Mao China
* The Plan of the Book
* Political support: local vs. center
* Regime stability and national identity
* Social capital
* Political trust in China and Taiwan
* Protest and regime sustainability
* Labor dispute resolution
* Political trust: an experimental study
* Populist Authoritarianism: A Theoretical Discussion
* Using Survey Data to Study Political Change in China
* Chapter 2 AUTHORITARIAN REGIME SUSTAINABILITY
* The Coming Collapse of China: How Soon?
* Modernization and democracy
* Regime crisis
* Regime durability
* Horizontal vs. vertical supports
* How Satisfied and Happy Are the Chinese?
* Government Dissatisfaction and Life Dissatisfaction
* Public Anger, Political Action and Democratic Change
* Conclusions
* Chapter 3 NATIONALISM AND REGIME SUSTAINABILITY
* Theories of Nationalism
* Nationalism in China
* Sources of Chinese Nationalism
* The Political Consequences of Chinese Nationalism
* Conclusions
* Chapter 4 INTERPERSONAL TRUST AND REGIME SUSTAINABILITY
* The Puzzle
* Interpersonal Trust and Democracy
* Origins of Interpersonal Trust
* Confucian Tradition
* Socialist Legacy
* Economic Growth and Marketization
* Findings I: Classification of Interpersonal Trust
* Three Types of Interpersonal Trust
* Three Types of Trust and General Interpersonal Trust
* Findings II Trust and Political Attitudes and Behavior
* Conclusions
* Chapter 5 POLITICAL TRUST IN CHINA AND TAIWAN
* What is political trust?
* Competing theories of political trust
* Political mobilization
* Economic satisfaction
* Internal efficacy
* External efficacy
* Culture
* Comparing China and Taiwan: Methods and Data
* Measuring and comparing political trust in China and Taiwan
* Measuring and comparing the sources of political trust in China and
Taiwan
* Multivariate analysis of political trust in China and Taiwan
* Conclusion and discussion
* Chapter 6 REGIME INSPIRED CONTENTIOUS POLITICS
* The Rise of Contentious Politics in China
* The Contentious Politics Literature
* Regime-Mobilized Contentious Politics in China
* Institutional Deficiencies and Populist Authoritarianism
* Examples of Regime Mobilized Contentious Politics
* Case Studies and Large-N Analysis
* The Scope of Collective Action
* Group Leaders
* Regional Distribution
* Multivariate Analysis
* Central and local governments
* Targets of group action
* Unfair treatment
* Age
* Education
* Gender
* Urbanization and ethnicity
* Conclusions and Discussion
* Chapter 7 INDIVIDUAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION
* Scope and Type of Disputes
* Channels of Dispute Settlement
* Established official channels
* Emerging institutional channels
* Non-institutional channels
* Hypothetical and actual channels
* Socio-economic characteristics of dispute resolution
* Economic Organizations and the Politics of Dispute Resolution
* Conclusion and discussion
* Chapter 8 POLITICAL TRUST: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
* List experiment
* Data and methodology
* Findings
* Robustness Check
* Conclusions and Discussion
* Chapter 9 POPULIST AUTHORITARIANISM: A PRELIMINARY THEORETICAL
DISCUSSION
* Key components of the PA Model
* The Continuity of the Mass Line Ideology
* Social Capital and Interpersonal Trust
* Political Contention and Participation
* Weak Institutions
* The Hyper Responsive Government
* Strong Political Support
* The PA Model and Civic Culture
* The PA Model and the BA State
* The PA Model and the Existing Studies of Mass Politics
* The PA Model and the Study of Comparative Politics