TY - BOOK ID - 85470119 TI - Making Autocracy Work : representation and responsiveness in modern China PY - 2016 SN - 1316781992 1316780384 1316771784 131662370X 1107172438 PB - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Authoritarianism KW - Political science KW - Authority KW - China KW - Politics and government. KW - China. KW - Quan guo ren min dai biao da hui (China) KW - 全国人民代表大会 (China) KW - China (People's Republic of China, 1949- ). KW - Vsekitaĭskoe sobranie narodnykh predstaviteleĭ (China) KW - All-China People's Congress KW - Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo quan guo ren min dai biao da hui KW - Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui KW - 中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会 KW - National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China KW - Nationaler Volkskongress (China) KW - NPC KW - N.P.C. KW - VSNP KW - Representative government and representation KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85470119 AB - Can meaningful representation emerge in an authoritarian setting? If so, how, when, and why? Making Autocracy Work identifies the trade-offs associated with representation in authoritarian environments and then tests the theory through a detailed inquiry into the dynamics of China's National People's Congress (NPC, the country's highest formal government institution). Rory Truex argues that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engineering a system of 'representation within bounds' in the NPC, encouraging deputies to reflect the needs of their constituents, but only for non-sensitive issues. This allows the regime to address citizen grievances while avoiding incendiary political activism. Data on NPC deputy backgrounds and behaviors is used to explore the nature of representation and incentives in this constrained system. The book challenges existing conceptions of representation, authoritarianism, and the future of the Chinese state. Consultative institutions like the NPC are key to making autocracy work. ER -