A tight grip : state power and control in modern China / Wen-Hsuan Tsai.
| Author/creator | Tsai, Wen-Hsuan author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Vancouver : UBC Press, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xiv, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Contemporary Chinese studies Contemporary Chinese studies. ^A767036 |
| Contents | Mobilizing to Establish Political Regulations under Xi Jinping -- Devoting Yourself to President Xi: The Role of the Democratic Life Meeting -- Reporting and Requesting Instructions from a Superior: A System for Enhancing the Status of the Party Secretary -- Fast-Tracking for Grassroots Cadres and the Selected Graduate System -- Maintaining Social Stability through Grid-Style Management: Big Brother for Twenty-First-Century China -- Temporally Differentiated Response to Managing Petitions. |
| Abstract | "A non-democratic regime must solve two problems in order to survive: how to share power within the political elite, and how to control society. "A Tight Grip: State Power and Control in Modern China" examines the strategies that China's current, and longest-serving, head of state has used to address these questions and bolster his leadership of the world's second-most populous country. Wen-Hsuan Tsai explores the president's method of concentrating decision-making power in his own hands through political dominance and ideological control while still creating scope for local-level political advancement. As a result, he has expanded the reach of social control while reducing its cost to the regime. "A Tight Grip: State Power and Control in Modern China" is an in-depth exploration of the president's innovative use of specific institutional and policy instruments to develop a restricted power-sharing model and maintain social order. This clear-eyed assessment reveals not only the pros and cons of particular regulations, but also their implications for China's political development."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Tsai, Wen-Hsuan. Tight grip. Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, 2025 0774871539 9780774871532 |
| ISBN | 9780774872027 |
| ISBN | 0774872020 |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
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