TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chen,Jing
TI  - Useful Complaints: How Petitions Assist Decentralized Authoritarianism in China
SN  - 9781498534536
AV  - JQ1509.5.D42C54 2016 
U1  - 322.40951 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
KW  - Decentralization in government--China
KW  - Petitions--China
KW  - Administrative agencies--China
KW  - Authoritarianism--China
KW  - China--Politics and government
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Villagers' Petitions -- Chapter Three: Petitions and Stability -- Chapter Four: Petitioning Beijing -- Chapter Five: The Policy Effects of Petitions -- Chapter Six: Who Petitions? -- Chapter Seven: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
N2  - This book examines the positive effects of the petition system on China's resilient decentralized authoritarian regime. Combining detailed case studies and rigorous statistical analysis, it argues that citizens' petitions help the regime to alleviate threats to stability by giving an information edge to the Chinese central government
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4659710
ER  -