LEADER 04386nam 2200817 450 001 9910554227503321 005 20211022083212.0 010 $a0-691-21696-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780691216966 035 $a(CKB)5590000000458295 035 $a(OCoLC)1202731441 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse93490 035 $a(DE-B1597)576290 035 $a(OCoLC)1257324871 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780691216966 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6543635 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6543635 035 $a(PPN)259376973 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000458295 100 $a20211022d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe party and the people $eChinese politics in the 21st century /$fBruce J. Dickson 210 1$aPrinceton ;$aOxford :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (1 volume) $cmaps ; 311 $a0-691-18664-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhat keeps the party in power? -- How are leaders chosen? -- How are policies made? -- Does China have a civil society? -- Do political protests threaten political stability? -- Why does the party fear religion? -- How nationalistic is China? -- Will China become democratic? 330 $a"Since 1949, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has maintained an unrivaled grip over the country. Despite economic calamity, widespread social upheaval, and even violence against its own people, the party has overseen the fastest economic growth in history and only strengthened its hold on power. How has it achieved this, and how exactly does the party and the government function? What is political life like for the people of China, and how has this changed over the decades of the party's rule? Is democracy on the horizon? These are some of the questions that animate Bruce Dickson's exploration of Chinese politics today. At the core of the party's practices is a dual approach--repression when faced with existential, political threats, and responsiveness when faced with more localized economic or social unrest. Yet while the regime is responsive to a degree often unacknowledged by international observers, ultimately it is not accountable to the public. The opportunity for the public to chose leaders is limited to very local levels, and it is the party itself that chooses when to compromise and when to repress. Dickson uses this lens to illuminate a number of key questions: How are leaders chosen and how are policies made? When is protest and civic engagement allowed, and when is it suppressed? Acknowledging that the inner workings of the party remain shrouded in secrecy, Dickson draws from the full landscape of sources available to lay out what we know and what the future may hold as Xi's rule extends and takes an increasingly repressive approach to governing"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPolitical planning$zChina 606 $aPolitical parties$zChina$xHistory 606 $aPolitical leadership$zChina 607 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y1949- 610 $aChina in the 21st Century. 610 $aChinese nationalism. 610 $aChinese politics. 610 $aChinese religious believers. 610 $aElizabeth Economy. 610 $aHu Jintao. 610 $aJeffrey Wasserstrom. 610 $aJiang Zemin. 610 $aJoseph Fewsmith. 610 $aLeninism. 610 $aMao Zedong. 610 $aRethinking Chinese Politics. 610 $aThe Third Revolution. 610 $acivil society in China. 610 $acompensation for seized property in China. 610 $ademocratization in China. 610 $alow wages in China. 610 $anationalism in China. 610 $apolicymaking in China. 610 $apolitical protest in China. 610 $areligion in China. 610 $aresponsiveness without accountability. 615 0$aPolitical planning 615 0$aPolitical parties$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical leadership 676 $a324.251075 700 $aDickson$b Bruce J.$0280734 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554227503321 996 $aThe party and the people$92819019 997 $aUNINA