China, like many authoritarian regimes, struggles with the tension between the need to foster economic development by empowering local officials and the regime'

China, like many authoritarian regimes, struggles with the tension between the need to foster economic development by empowering local officials and the regime'

This book develops an informational theory to account for the coexistence of China’s exceptionally resilient authoritarianism and its high decentralization. T

This book examines the Chinese political tradition over the past two thousand years and argues that the enduring and most important feature of this tradition is

Using a model of "fragmented authoritarianism," this volume sharpens our view of the inner workings of the Chinese bureaucracy. The contributors' interviews wit