This book analyzes the dynamic political economy of authoritarian institutions in China and attempts to answer the following questions: What is the significance of China's authoritarian institutions and the changes Xi Jinping has brought to them? Why did the Chinese elites go along with the changes that affected them negatively? Through these questions, the author unravels the mechanics of authoritarian resilience as well as its dynamics. The work reviews both literatures on China studies and comparative authoritarianism to introduce a general framework for analyzing authoritarian institutional change under dictatorships.

The first systematic study of China's authoritarian institutions and their change during Xi Jinping's first term Answers important questions about the trajectory of China's authoritarian institutional change during the post-reform era Critically examines the current literatures on comparative authoritarianism and political economy of China

Autorentext

Hans H. Tung is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Research Associate of the Center for Research in Econometric Theory and Applications at National Taiwan University, Taiwan.

Inhalt

1. Chapter 1 Introduction.- 2. Chapter 2 Why? A Dynamic Theory of Power and Plenty Under Dictatorships.- 3. Chapter 3 How? The Dictator's Divide-and-Rule Strategy.- 4. Chapter 4 Authoritarian Institutions, China Style.- 5. Chapter 5 Dictator's Growth Curse and China's Trade Politics.- 6. Chapter 6 Still an Era of Fragmented Authoritarian 1.0? A Probabilistic Crucial Case Analysis.- 7. Chapter 7 Authoritarian Power-Sharing Under Collective Leadership and China's Trade Policy-Making.- 8. Chapter 8 Theoretical Extensions: Unbundling Authoritarian Institutions and Their Changes Under Xi Jinping.- 9. Chapter 9 Divide-and-Conquer Strategy and Political Sociology of the Dictator's Commitment Power in China.- 10. Chapter 10 Conclusions.