000771791 000__ 03847cam\a2200385\i\4500 000771791 001__ 771791 000771791 005__ 20210515123435.0 000771791 008__ 160307s2016\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000771791 010__ $$a 2016000677 000771791 020__ $$a9780190228552$$q(hardcover) 000771791 020__ $$a0190228555$$q(hardcover) 000771791 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn921864635 000771791 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dYDXCP$$dBDX$$dHCD$$dOCLCF$$dCOO$$dINU$$dPUL$$dZCU$$dCHVBK 000771791 042__ $$apcc 000771791 043__ $$aa-cc--- 000771791 049__ $$aISEA 000771791 05000 $$aJQ1519.A5$$bD5289 2016 000771791 08200 $$a324.251/075$$223 000771791 1001_ $$aDickson, Bruce J.,$$eauthor. 000771791 24514 $$aThe dictator's dilemma :$$bthe Chinese Communist Party's strategy for survival /$$cBruce J. Dickson, George Washington University. 000771791 264_1 $$aNew York, NY :$$bOxford University Press,$$c[2016] 000771791 300__ $$axii, 352 pages ;$$c25 cm 000771791 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000771791 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000771791 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000771791 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 327-339) and index. 000771791 5050_ $$aIntroduction: The CCP's strategy for survival -- The heavy hand of the state -- Mass line for modern times -- Serving the people -- Generating support -- Defining democracy -- Will the party survive? 000771791 520__ $$a" Many observers predicted the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party following the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, and again following the serial collapse of communist regimes behind the Iron Curtain. Their prediction, however, never proved true. Despite minor setbacks, China has experienced explosive economic growth and relative political stability ever since 1989. In The Dictator's Dilemma, eminent China scholar Bruce Dickson provides a comprehensive explanation for regime's continued survival and prosperity. Dickson contends that the popular media narrative of the party's impending implosion ignores some basic facts. The regime's policies may generate resentment and protest, but the CCP still enjoys a surprisingly high level of popular support. Nor is the party is not cut off from the people it governs. It consults with a wide range of specialists, stakeholders, and members of the general public in a selective yet extensive manner. Further, it tolerates and even encourages a growing and diverse civil society, even while restricting access to it. Today, the majority of Chinese people see the regime as increasingly democratic even though it does not allow political competition and its leaders are not accountable to the electorate. In short, while the Chinese people may prefer change, they prefer that it occurs within the existing political framework. In reaching this conclusion, Dickson draws upon original public opinion surveys, interviews, and published materials to explain why there is so much popular support for the regime. This basic stability is a familiar story to China specialists, but not to those whose knowledge of contemporary China is limited to the popular media. The Dictator's Dilemma, an engaging synthesis of how the CCP rules and its future prospects, will enlighten both audiences, and will be essential for anyone interested in understanding China's increasing importance in world politics. "--$$cProvided by publisher. 000771791 520__ $$a"In The Dictator's Dilemma, eminent China scholar Bruce Dickson explains in highly accessible prose why the Communist Party regime has survived and prospered, despite constant predictions of its weakening and demise"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000771791 61020 $$aZhongguo gong chan dang. 000771791 650_0 $$aPolitical stability$$zChina. 000771791 650_0 $$aPublic opinion$$zChina. 000771791 651_0 $$aChina$$xPolitics and government$$y1976-2002. 000771791 651_0 $$aChina$$xPolitics and government$$y2002- 000771791 77608 $$iOnline version:$$aDickson, Bruce J., author.$$tDictator's dilemma$$dNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016$$z9780190228569$$w(DLC) 2016026566 000771791 85200 $$bgen$$hJQ1519.A5$$iD5289$$i2016 000771791 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:771791$$pGLOBAL_SET 000771791 980__ $$aBIB 000771791 980__ $$aBOOK