Remote control: How the media sustain authoritarian rule in China

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 436-467

  Stockmann, Daniela ^a   Gallagher, Mary E ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

authoritarianism; China; democratization; labor; law; media

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953113607     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414010394773     Document Type: Article

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