{"product_id":"the-sinews-of-state-power-juan-wang-9780190605735","title":"The Sinews of State Power: The Rise and Demise of the Cohesive Local State in Rural China","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Sinews of State Power\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to explain why rural China has been so unstable since 2000, despite numerous national reforms. Using original fieldwork, it traces the rise and demise of cohesive local states in rural China since the Maoist era. It shows that, the county, township, and village levels of government, when in alliance, have facilitated economic growth and caused social grievances. However, national reforms redressing local deviation, together with individual responses from each level of administration, have dismantled elite alliances, and consequentially undermined the extractive, coercive, and responsive capacity of the state. This book forms dialogue with two fields of inquiry in China studies and comparative politics. First, researches on farmer protest often either focus on farmers' grievances, organizations, and strategies, or examine responses from the state as a uniform entity. This book, instead, highlights the anthropology of the state by looking into elite cohesion across administrative levels that determines the exercise of state capacity. Second, studies of regime stability or endurance have stressed holistic factors, such as institutional adaptability, political culture, or epidemic corruption. \u003cem\u003eThe Sinews of State Power\u003c\/em\u003e instead revisits the fundamental components of a capable government - a coherent and robust local leadership that enables the function of a state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juan Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190605731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190605735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2017","brand":"Juan Wang","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43914157752575,"sku":"9780190605735","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fb6a3fa0-5d17-4dcf-a665-16452a2b0360.jpg?v=1680640668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sinews-of-state-power-juan-wang-9780190605735","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}