Regime Legitimacy in Contemporary China: Institutional change and stability

by Heberer; Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780415466646
• ISBN10: 0415466644
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Using in-depth case studies of a wide-range of political, social and economic reforms in contemporary China this volume sheds light on the significance and consequences of institutional change for stability of the political system in China. The contributors examine how reforms shape and change Communist rule and Chinese society, and to what extent they may engender new legitimacy for the CCP regime and argue that authoritarian regimes like the PRC can successfully generate stability in the same way as democracies. Topics addressed include: ideological reform, rural tax- for-fees reforms, elections in villages and urban neighbourhood communities, property rights in rural industries, endogenous political constraints of transition, internalising capital markets, the media market in transition, the current social security system, the labour market environmental policy reforms to anti-poverty policies and NGOs. Exploring the possibility of legitimate one-party rule in China, this book is a stimulating and informative read for students and scholars interested in political science and Chinese politics

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. ix
List of tables	p. x
List of contributors	p. xii
Acknowledgements	p. xiv
Introduction: institutional change and political stability in contemporary China	p. 1
Politics	p. 11
Ideological reform and political legitimacy in China: challenges in the post-Jiang era	p. 13
The peasant's rescue from the cadre? An institutional analysis of China's rural tax and fee reform	p. 35
Village elections, citizenship and regime legitimacy in contemporary rural China	p. 55
Institutional change and legitimacy via urban elections? People's awareness of elections and participation in urban neighbourhoods (Shequ)	p. 79
Political economy	p. 107
Principles of property rights evolution in China's rural industry	p. 109
An evolutionary approach to endogenous political constraints on transition in China	p. 129
Internationalizing China's capital markets: changing actor constellations and emerging transnational professional communities	p. 153
Censorship and marketization: institutional change within China's media	p. 175
Society	p. 197
Social security in contemporary China	p. 199
The emergence of a 'socialist' market labour regime in China	p. 222
Institutional change in China's anti-poverty policy: the contested role of NGOs	p. 245
Environmental policy reform in China	p. 268
Index	p. 297
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