02163nam 2200553 450 991082791230332120230808194053.00-19-022856-3(CKB)3710000000742771(EBL)4706147(PQKBManifestationID)16482814(PQKBWorkID)15021222(PQKB)21516310(MiAaPQ)EBC4706147(Au-PeEL)EBL4706147(CaPaEBR)ebr11274429(OCoLC)960166129(EXLCZ)99371000000074277120161013h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe dictator's dilemma the Chinese Communist Party's strategy for survival /Bruce J. Dickson, George Washington UniversityOxford, [England] ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (369 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-022855-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Political stabilityChinaPublic opinionChinaChinaPolitics and government1976-2002ChinaPolitics and government2002-Political stabilityPublic opinion324.251075POL005000POL011000bisacshDickson Bruce J.280734MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827912303321The dictator's dilemma4014160UNINA