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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827912303321

Autore

Dickson Bruce J.

Titolo

The dictator's dilemma : the Chinese Communist Party's strategy for survival / / Bruce J. Dickson, George Washington University

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-022856-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Classificazione

POL005000POL011000

Disciplina

324.251075

Soggetti

Political stability - China

Public opinion - China

China Politics and government 1976-2002

China Politics and government 2002-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- CONTENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE HEAVY HAND OF THE STATE -- 3. MASS LINE FOR MODERN TIMES -- 4. SERVING THE PEOPLE -- 5. GENERATING SUPPORT -- 6. DEFINING DEMOCRACY -- 7. WILL THE PARTY SURVIVE? -- APPENDICES.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Dictator's Dilemma, eminent China scholar Bruce Dickson explains in highly accessible prose why the Communist Party regime has survived and prospered, despite constant predictions of its weakening and demise.