Accepting Authoritarianism: State-Society Relations in China's Reform Era (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780804769037)

Why hasn't the emergence of capitalism led China's citizenry to press for liberal democratic change? This book argues that China's combination of state-led development, late industrialization, and socialist legacies have affected popular perceptions of socioeconomic mobility, economic dependence on the state, and political options, giving citizens incentives to perpetuate the political status quo and disincentives to embrace liberal democratic change. Wright addresses the ways in which China's political and economic development shares broader features of state-led late industrialization and post-socialist transformation with countries as diverse as Mexico, India, Tunisia, Indonesia, South Korea, Brazil, Russia, and Vietnam. With its detailed analysis of China's major socioeconomic groups (private entrepreneurs, state sector workers, private sector workers, professionals and students, and farmers), Accepting Authoritarianism is an up-to-date, comprehensive, and coherent text on the evolution of state-society relations in reform-era China.

Author: Teresa Wright
ISBN-10: 0804769036
ISBN-13: 9780804769037
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2010
Pages: 263
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2010