Workers and Change in China: Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness - Couverture rigide

Elfstrom, Manfred

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1108831109 ISBN 13 : 9781108831109

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

Strikes, protests, and riots by Chinese workers have been rising over the past decade. The state has addressed a number of grievances, yet has also come down increasingly hard on civil society groups pushing for reform. Why are these two seemingly clashing developments occurring simultaneously? Manfred Elfstrom uses extensive fieldwork and statistical analysis to examine both the causes and consequences of protest. The book adopts a holistic approach, encompassing national trends in worker–state relations, local policymaking processes and the dilemmas of individual officials and activists. Instead of taking sides in the old debate over whether non-democracies like China's are on the verge of collapse or have instead found ways of maintaining their power indefinitely, it explores the daily evolution of autocratic rule. While providing a uniquely comprehensive picture of change in China, this important study proposes a new model of bottom-up change within authoritarian systems more generally.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Manfred Elfstrom is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science, University of British Columbia, Okanagan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108831109
• ISBN 13: 9781108831109
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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