Accepting authoritarianism : state-society relations in China's reform era / Teresa Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Teresa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism--China.

Authoritarianism.

China--Politics and government--1976-2002.

China.

China--Politics and government--2002-.

China--Economic conditions--1976-2000.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why hasn't the emergence of capitalism led China's citizenry to press for liberal democratic change? This book argues that China's combination of state-led development, late industrialization, and socialist legacies have affected popular perceptions of socioeconomic mobility, economic dependence on the state, and political options, giving citizens incentives to perpetuate the political status quo and disincentives to embrace liberal democratic change. Wright addresses the ways in which China's political and economic development shares broader features of state-led late industrialization and post-socialist transformation with countries as diverse as Mexico, India, Tunisia, Indonesia, South Korea, Brazil, Russia, and Vietnam. With its detailed analysis of China's major socioeconomic groups (private entrepreneurs, state sector workers, private sector workers, professionals and students, and farmers), Accepting Authoritarianism is an up-to-date, comprehensive, and coherent text on the evolution of state-society relations in reform-era China.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Private Entrepreneurs

3. Professionals

4. Rank- and- File State Sector Workers

5. Rank- and- File Private Sector Workers

6. Farmers

7. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804774253

0804774250

OCLC:

645099731