TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heurlin,Christopher
TI  - Responsive authoritarianism in China: land, protests, and policy making 
SN  - 9781108114615
AV  - JQ1506 .R477 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - China
KW  - Quan guo ren min dai biao da hui
KW  - Guo wu yuan
KW  - Central-local government relations
KW  - Authoritarianism
KW  - Protest movements
KW  - Petition, Right of
KW  - Land tenure
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Land reform
KW  - Authoritarianism--China
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover ; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations for Sources; 1 Protest and Policy Outcomes under Authoritarianism; 2 Land Takings, Demolitions, and a Rising Wave of Protest Signals; 3 Disruptive Tactics and Buying Stability in Local Government Responsiveness; 4 Social Stability and the Petitioning System's Role in Agenda Setting; 5 Protest and the Political Mediation Approach in Provincial Policy Making; 6 The State Council and the National People's Congress as Veto Players in the Policy Outcomes of Protests7 Conclusion; Appendix 1 The LexisNexis Data Set ; Appendix 2 The Zhejiang Landless Farmer Survey; Appendix 3 Descriptive Data on Provincial Adoption of Social Security Policies; Index; 2; b
N2  - "How can protests influence policy making in a repressive dictatorship? Responsive Authoritarianism in China sheds light on this important question through case studies of land takings and demolitions - two of the most explosive issues in contemporary China. In the early 2000s, landless farmers and evictees unleashed waves of disruptive protests. Surprisingly, the Chinese government responded by adopting wideranging policy changes that addressed many of the protesters' grievances. Heurlin traces policy changes from local protests in the provinces to the halls of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing. In so doing, he highlights the interplay between local protests, state institutions, and elite politics. He shows that the much-maligned petitioning system actually plays an important role in elevating protesters' concerns to the policy-making agenda. Delving deep into the policy-making process, this book illustrates how the State Council and NPC have become battlegrounds for conflicts between ministries and local governments over state policies"--
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