Authoritarian co-optation, the territorial dimension: Provincial political representation in post-mao China

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-93

  Sheng, Yumin ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Co optation; Single party authoritarianism; Subnational regions

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; COMMUNISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC MINORITY; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNMENT; LEADERSHIP; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL POWER; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 58649099387     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-008-9023-y     Document Type: Article

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