LEADER 04433nam 22005775 450 001 9910842488903321 005 20250807143604.0 010 $a9789819988570 010 $a9819988578 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-99-8857-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31206088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31206088 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-99-8857-0 035 $a(CKB)30815006700041 035 $a(OCoLC)1426035055 035 $a(EXLCZ)9930815006700041 100 $a20240308d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aChina as a Double-Bind Regulatory State $eHow Internet Regulators? Predicament Produces Regulatees? Autonomy /$fby Aifang Ma 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (388 pages) 311 08$a9789819988563 311 08$a981998856X 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Conceptual Scheme for the Double-Bind Regulatory State -- Chapter 3: Particularities of the Economic Regulation of the ISM Industry -- Chapter 4: Particularities of the Political Regulation of the ISM Industry -- Chapter 5: Economic Versus Political Goals -- Chapter 6: The Dynamics of Fragmented Authoritarianism -- Chapter 7: Global Leadership Comes at a Price -- Chapter 8: The Double-Bind Regulation Beyond China. 330 $a?Authoritarian regimes smother internet and the social media. This book boldly argues this is not the case in China, where the party-state is torn between conflicting political and economic objectives. Taking advantage of this ?double-bind regulation?, private internet firms have managed to secure zones of autonomy . A brilliant demonstration.? --Nonna Mayer, Sciences Po, Paris ?In China as a Double-Bind Regulatory State, Aifang Ma provides an ambitious yet convincing framework to explain the puzzling coexistence of an all-powerful and unchecked party-state and the relatively autonomous space for private internet and social media firms to grow and thrive. This book is theoretically innovative, methodologically rigorous, and empirically rich. A must read for anyone curious about internet governance and regulation in China.? --Rongbin Han, University of Georgia ?An extraordinarily interesting, highly provocative and deeply empirical piece of political analysis on a topic of staggering importance. Its achievement, above all, is to restore the agency of firms and netizens in its forensic reconstruction and de-mythologising of the saga of the ongoing birth of a digital public sphere in China.? --Colin Hay, Sciences Po, Paris ?Through a detailed, provocative and insightful analysis of state-firm interactions, Aifang Ma shows how private internet firms in China carved out a space of relative autonomy. This book is a must-read for students of Chinese internet regulation.? ?Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania This book explores the power dynamics in the Chinese regulation of internet firms. It conceptualises China as a ?double-bind regulatory state?, defined as a two-step autonomy-enabling process. First, the party-state?s pursuit of competiting objectives creates its predicament. Second, private internet firms consciously exploit such predicament to enlarge their manoeuvring room. The double-bind regulation approach challenges some current academic accounts that exaggerate the capacity of the Chinese party-state to establish seamless control. Aifang Ma is currently a Boya postdoctoral scholar and a Lecturer at Peking University. She holds a Ph.D in political science at Sciences Po Paris. . 606 $aLaw in mass media 606 $aEconomics 606 $aAsia$xPolitics and government 606 $aMedia Law 606 $aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems 606 $aAsian Politics 615 0$aLaw in mass media. 615 0$aEconomics. 615 0$aAsia$xPolitics and government. 615 14$aMedia Law. 615 24$aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems. 615 24$aAsian Politics. 676 $a384.3340951 700 $aMa$b Aifang$01733073 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910842488903321 996 $aChina As a Double-Bind Regulatory State$94148121 997 $aUNINA