TY - BOOK ID - 85472383 TI - Responsive authoritarianism in China : land, protests, and policy making PY - 2016 SN - 1108105769 1108109853 1108110533 1107578876 1316443019 1108111211 110811461X 1108111890 1107131138 1108113931 PB - New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Authoritarianism KW - Political science KW - Authority KW - China. KW - China (People's Republic of China, 1949- ). KW - Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo guo wu yuan KW - Quan guo ren min dai biao da hui (China) KW - 全国人民代表大会 (China) 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 - China KW - Politics and government. KW - Central-local government relations KW - Protest movements KW - Petition, Right of KW - Land tenure KW - Land reform KW - Government policy KW - Agrarian tenure KW - Feudal tenure KW - Freehold KW - Land ownership KW - Land question KW - Landownership KW - Tenure of land KW - Land use, Rural KW - Real property KW - Land, Nationalization of KW - Landowners KW - Serfdom KW - Right of petition KW - Political rights UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85472383 AB - How can protests influence policymaking in a repressive dictatorship? Responsive Authoritarianism in China sheds light on this important question through case studies of land takings and demolitions - two of the most explosive issues in contemporary China. In the early 2000s, landless farmers and evictees unleashed waves of disruptive protests. Surprisingly, the Chinese government responded by adopting wide-ranging policy changes that addressed many of the protesters' grievances. Heurlin traces policy changes from local protests in the provinces to the halls of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing. In doing so, he highlights the interplay between local protests, state institutions, and elite politics. He shows that the much-maligned petitioning system actually plays an important role in elevating protesters' concerns to the policymaking agenda. Delving deep into the policymaking process, the book illustrates how the State Council and NPC have become battlegrounds for conflicts between ministries and local governments over state policies. ER -