The Art of Political Control in China

by Daniel C. Mattingly

Book Overview

When and why do people obey political authority when it runs against their own interests to do so? This book is about the channels beyond direct repression through which China's authoritarian state controls protest and implements ambitious policies from sweeping urbanization schemes that have displaced millions to family planning initiatives like the one-child policy. Daniel C. Mattingly argues that China's remarkable state capacity is not simply...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108725368
• ISBN13: 9781108725361
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"