03621nam 2200577 450 991078655470332120200520144314.00-19-938721-40-19-937900-9(CKB)3710000000117379(EBL)1696422(MiAaPQ)EBC1696422(Au-PeEL)EBL1696422(CaPaEBR)ebr10875343(CaONFJC)MIL613566(OCoLC)890606673(EXLCZ)99371000000011737920140606h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierCities and stability urbanization, redistribution, and regime survival in China /Jeremy L. WallaceNew York :Oxford University Press,2014.20141 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-937899-1 Includes bibliogrsphical references and index.Cover; Cities and Stability; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; chapter 1 Introduction; JASMINE REVOLUTIONS, FAILED AND SUCCESSFUL; THREE PUZZLEs; UNDERSTANDING CITIES, SPENDING, AND SURVIVAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK; chapter 2 Urban Bias: A Faustian Bargain; LARGE CITIES ARE DANGEROUS FOR NONDEMOCRATIC REGIMES; REGIME RESPONSES AND THE FAUSTIAN BARGAIN; WHY MAKE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL?; chapter 3 Cities, Redistribution, and Regime Survival; HYPOTHESES; ON VARIOUS VARIABLES; METHODS AND DATA; ANALYSIS; CONCLUSIONchapter 4 China's Loophole to the Faustian Bargain of Urban BiasORIGINS OF THE HUKOU SYSTEM; MAO'S CCP IN POWER, 1949; REFORMS; Hukou Experiments; chapter 5 The Fiscal Shift: Migration, Instability, and Redistribution; CHINA'S FISCAL SHIFT; SUB-NATIONAL ANALYSIS; CONCLUSION; CONCLUSION; chapter 6 Return to Sender: Hukou, Stimulus, and the Great Recession; CHINA COMING INTO THE CRISIS; CRISIS HITS CHINA; ECONOMIC CRISIS SPARKS INSTABILITY; COMPLICATIONS; CONCLUSION; chapter 7 Under Pressure: Urban Bias and External Forces; THREATS AND URBAN.RURAL REDISTRIBUTION IN NONDEMOCRACIES; DATAANALYSISDISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; chapter 8 Conclusion; CHINA AS APPROPRIATE CASE STUDY; TWITTER AS A CITY; LOOKING FORWARD; Bibliography; IndexChina's management of urbanization is an under-appreciated factor in the regime's longevity. The Chinese Communist Party fears ""Latin Americanization"" -- the emergence of highly unequal megacities with their attendant slums and social unrest. Such cities threaten the survival of nondemocratic regimes. To combat the threat, many regimes, including China's, favor cities in policymaking. Cities and Stability shows this ""urban bias"" to be a Faustian Bargain: cities may be stabilized for a time, but the massive in-migration from the countryside that results can generate the conditions for politCities and townsChinaUrbanizationChinaRural-urban migrationGovernment policyChinaRecording and registrationGovernment policyChinaCities and townsUrbanizationRural-urban migrationGovernment policyRecording and registrationGovernment policy307.760951Wallace Jeremy L.826413MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786554703321Cities and stability1852252UNINA