This book aims to contribute to the debate on "authoritarian resilience" with empirical studies from a range of perspectives, including regime support, nationalism, environmental movement, ethnic conflicts and internet management. The chapters in this book centre around two separate but intertwined themes and are collated to discuss on the stability of China in Xi Jinping's era. The first theme examines changes in political attitudes and values among Chinese citizens, and the second focuses on the responses of the party-state and how it has made sophisticated the machine of social control.
Sample Chapter(s)
Introduction
Contents:
- About the Author
- Introduction
- Chinese Citizens' Declining Trust in Their Central Government
- Happiness in the Changing Chinese Society
- Nationalism of Chinese Internet Users
- China's Paraxylene Predicament: Rising Environmental Movements and Government's Responses
- Rising Terrorism in Xinjiang and China's Response
- Governing Internet Public Opinion
- Governing the Internet in China
- Index
Readership: Academics, professionals, policy-makers and students interested in China's political stability.
Dr Shan Wei received his BA and MA in International Studies from Peking University and PhD in Political Science from Texas A&M University. His research focuses on the political behaviour of citizens and the elite in the context of political and economic development. Topics he has covered include Chinese citizens' political participation, changes in political culture, mass-elite relations, political leadership, and factional politics within the elite group. His research paper appears in China Quarterly and other academic journals. He is the co-editor of The State of Rural China: Peasants, Agriculture and Rural Society in the Reform Era.