As China continues to transform itself, many assume that the nation will eventually move
beyond communism and adopt a Western-style democracy. But could China develop a …

'Heavily sourced, crisply written and deeply alarming.'The Times 'This is a remarkable book
with a chilling message.'Guardian The Chinese Communist Party is determined to reshape …

Decentralized environmental governance theory suggests that decentralization can produce
better environmental performance mainly because lower-level governments are closer to the …

Authoritarian regimes craft and disseminate reasons, stories, and explanations for why they
are entitled to rule. To shield those legitimating messages from criticism, authoritarian …

Since 1978, the end of the Mao era, economic growth in China has outperformed every
previous economic expansion in modern history. While the largest Western economies …

The C hinese party‐state is currently adapting its governance strategy. The recent debate in
C hina on the role of microblogs in the governance process, as documented in the reports …

This book examines different dynamics such as marketisation, globalisation and new media
technologies that have driven the transformation of China''s media industry OCo one of the …

At the turn of the millennium, the disparities between rural and urban livelihoods,
underdevelopment and administrative shortcomings in the Chinese countryside were …

What preoccupied Confucius and other classical thinkers was the decay of social norms and
disintegration of orders in their times. However, these thinkers believed that the norms …

This article reexamines the ongoing debate over the legitimacy of the Chinese Communist
Party regime through a rigorous analysis of a recent Asian Barometer Survey data from …