Economic Growth and Endogenous Authoritarian Institutions in Post-Reform China (Politics and Development of Contemporary China)

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. 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 Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Introduction (Hans H. Tung)....Pages 1-18 Front Matter ....Pages 19-19 Why? A Dynamic Theory of Power and Plenty under Dictatorships (Hans H. Tung)....Pages 21-34 How? The Dictator’s Divide-and-Rule Strategy (Hans H. Tung)....Pages 35-56 Front Matter ....Pages 57-57 Authoritarian Institutions, China Style (Hans H. Tung)....Pages 59-80 Dictator’s Growth Curse and China’s Trade Politics (Hans H. Tung)....Pages 81-104 Still an Era of Fragmented Authoritarian 1.0? A Probabilistic Crucial Case Analysis (Hans H. Tung)....Pages 105-136 Authoritarian Power-Sharing under Collective Leadership and China’s Trade Policymaking (Hans H. Tung)....Pages 137-168 Front Matter ....Pages 169-169 Theoretical Extensions: Unbundling Authoritarian Institutions and Their Changes under Xi Jinping (Hans H. Tung)....Pages 171-208 Divide-and-Conquer Strategy and Political Sociology of the Dictator’s Commitment Power in China (Hans H. Tung)....Pages 209-242 Front Matter ....Pages 243-243 Conclusions (Hans H. Tung)....Pages 245-258 Back Matter ....Pages 259-279