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China's Governance Model - Flexibility and Durability of Pragmatic Authoritarianism (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,463
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China's Governance Model - Flexibility and Durability of Pragmatic Authoritarianism (Hardcover): Hongyi Lai

China's Governance Model - Flexibility and Durability of Pragmatic Authoritarianism (Hardcover)

Hongyi Lai

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

General

Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: China Policy Series
Release date: June 2016
First published: 2015
Authors: Hongyi Lai
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-73419-6
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Public administration
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General
LSN: 0-415-73419-3
Barcode: 9780415734196

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