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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.

Authoritarianism --- Political science --- Authority --- China. --- China (People's Republic of China, 1949- ). --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo guo wu yuan --- Quan guo ren min dai biao da hui (China) --- 全国人民代表大会 (China) --- Vsekitaĭskoe sobranie narodnykh predstaviteleĭ (China) --- All-China People's Congress --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo quan guo ren min dai biao da hui --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Quanguo Renmin Daibiao Dahui --- 中华人民共和国全国人民代表大会 --- National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China --- Nationaler Volkskongress (China) --- NPC --- N.P.C. --- VSNP --- China --- Politics and government. --- Central-local government relations --- Protest movements --- Petition, Right of --- Land tenure --- Land reform --- Government policy --- Agrarian tenure --- Feudal tenure --- Freehold --- Land ownership --- Land question --- Landownership --- Tenure of land --- Land use, Rural --- Real property --- Land, Nationalization of --- Landowners --- Serfdom --- Right of petition --- Political rights