Beyond Coercion

Préface
Advances the concept of political atomization to explain mechanisms of social control used by the Chinese state.

Auteur

Alexsia T. Chan is Associate Professor of Government at Hamilton College. Her research examines authoritarian politics and development with a focus on China.

Texte du rabat

This book advances an original theory and concept of political atomization to explain how the Chinese state maintains social control and entrenches structural inequality. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Contenu

1. Inequality and the autocrat's toolbox; 2. A theory of political atomization; Part I. Public Services as Social Control: 3. Deflecting migrant workers; 4. Demobilizing migrant workers; Part II. Migrant workers blunting control; 5. Playing with institutional leeway; 6. Making do and muddling through; 7. Conclusion.