Lai, Hongyi,

China's governance model: flexibility and durability of pragmatic authoritarianism/ Hongyi Lai. - London: Routledge, 2016. - xxii, 342 p. ; 23 cm.

Understanding China's model of governance and development : improvement without democracy -- Pragmatic authoritarianism in China : economic and social governance -- Pro-growth authoritarianism : results and resentments of governance -- Defusing discontents through welfare and aid -- Differentiated treatment of religious groups : maintaining monopoly over a reviving society -- Political governance -- Overhauling crisis management : epidemics and beyond -- Smoothening leadership succession -- Intra-party and grass-roots democracy : how far has it gone? -- Durability of the party-state : the life span of unified regimes in China --The future of governance in China : toward authoritarian flexibility and durability.

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Political planning--China.
Authoritarianism--China.
Political culture--China.


China--Politics and government

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