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China's Governance Model - Flexibility and Durability of Pragmatic Authoritarianism (Hardcover)
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China's Governance Model - Flexibility and Durability of Pragmatic Authoritarianism (Hardcover)
Series: China Policy Series
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Many studies of 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. Authors of these studies fail to appreciate the
surprising ability of China's government to rapidly transform a
once impoverished economy and to recover from numerous crises from
1978 to the present. This book, on the other hand, takes a more
balanced, more positive view. This view is based on a study of
changes in China's institutions for coping with critical crises in
governance since 1978. These changes 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 potential to rival the
Party state, and a variety of limited, intra-party and grassroots
democracy. This book applies to the Chinese model the term
"pragmatic authoritarianism." It explains changes to and the likely
future direction of China's governance model. It compares current
risks in China's governance with threats that terminated dynasties
and the republic in China over the past four thousand years and
concludes that the regime can be expected to survive a considerable
period despite its existing flaws. "Few topics in Chinese politics
are as significant as the nature, state and prospects of the
political regime. While the topic had been unduly understudied for
a long period of time, a young generation of scholars has emerged
on this subject. Among others, the book by Hongyi Lai stands out
and provides a comprehensive and penetrating analysis on this
topic....I am confident that his book will make a significant
contribution to the study of Chinese politics and may well define
the debate on China's political development, governance and model
for years to come." - Yongnian Zheng, Director, East Asian
Institute, National University of Singapore
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