Economic Growth and Endogenous Authoritarian Institutions in Post-Reform China

• Main Author: Tung, Hans H. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Politics and Development of Contemporary China
• Subjects: Asia-Politics and government.; Political economy.; Political theory.; Political science.; China-History.; Asian Politics.; International Political Economy.; Political Theory.; Governance and Government.; History of China.

This book analyzes the dynamic political economy of authoritarian institutions in China and attempts to answer the following questions: What is the significance of China's authoritarian institutions and the changes Xi Jinping has brought to them? Why did the Chinese elites go along with the cha...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Chapter 1 Introduction
• 2. Chapter 2 Why? A Dynamic Theory of Power and Plenty Under Dictatorships
• 3. Chapter 3 How? The Dictator's Divide-and-Rule Strategy
• 4. Chapter 4 Authoritarian Institutions, China Style
• 5. Chapter 5 Dictator's Growth Curse and China's Trade Politics
• 6. Chapter 6 Still an Era of Fragmented Authoritarian 1.0? A Probabilistic Crucial Case Analysis
• 7. Chapter 7 Authoritarian Power-Sharing Under Collective Leadership and China's Trade Policy-Making
• 8. Chapter 8 Theoretical Extensions: Unbundling Authoritarian Institutions and Their Changes Under Xi Jinping
• 9. Chapter 9 Divide-and-Conquer Strategy and Political Sociology of the Dictator's Commitment Power in China
• 10. Chapter 10 Conclusions.