How authoritarian rule works

Modern China

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-86

  O'Brien, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadre responsibility system; Collusion; Constitution; Democratic centralism; Goal displacement; Hong Kong Basic Law; Implementation; People's congress

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; ELITE POLITICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NATION STATE; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; STATE ROLE;

CHINA;

EID: 73249121692     PISSN: 00977004     EISSN: 15526836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0097700409347972     Document Type: Article

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