Welfare for autocrats : how social assistance in China cares for its rulers

Responsibility
Jennifer Pan
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
  • Cover
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Political Order and ''Stability''
  • 1.2 Seepage
  • 1.3 Repressive Assistance
  • 1.4 Backlash
  • 1.5 Surveillance and Preemptive Control
  • 1.6 Data
  • 1.7 Overview of the Book
  • 2 Fixating on Political Order
  • 2.1 Evolving Relationship between Dibao and Political Order
  • 2.1.1 Origins of Dibao: Resolving UnderlyingMotives for Protest
  • 2.1.2 Metamorphosis of Dibao: Serving the Comprehensive Management of Public Security
  • 2.2 Suppressing Instability, Implementing Order
  • 2.2.1 Seeking Order through Party Institutions
  • 2.2.2 Seepage of Political Order
  • 2.3 Basic Contours of the Dibao Policy
  • 2.3.1 Related Social Assistance Programs
  • 2.3.2 Dibao in the Context ofWelfare in China
  • 3 Reacting at the Threat of Disorder
  • 3.1 Experimental Design
  • 3.1.1 Treatment Conditions
  • 3.1.2 Ethical Considerations
  • 3.1.3 Randomization and Balance
  • 3.2 Threat of Collective Action on Government Responsiveness to Dibao Applicants
  • 4 Distributing Social Assistance to Preempt Disorder
  • 4.1 Financing and Fiscal Constraints
  • 4.2 Limiting Dibao to Maximize Work
  • 4.2.1 Residents Committees
  • 4.2.2 Gatekeepers of Dibao
  • 4.2.3 Limiting Dibao to the Infirm
  • 4.3 Prioritizing Dibao to Preempt Disorder
  • 4.3.1 Background on Targeted Populations
  • 4.3.2 Neighborhood-Level Surveillance
  • 4.3.3 Distributing Dibao to Targeted Populations
  • 5 Repressing with Social Assistance
  • 5.1 Repression without Coercion
  • 5.2 Conversion of Social Assistance for Repression
  • 5.3 How Repressive Assistance Works
  • 5.3.1 Repeated Interactions
  • 5.3.2 Facilitating Surveillance
  • 5.3.3 Obligation and Dependence
  • 5.4 Limitations on Effectiveness
  • 5.4.1 Heuristics in Identification
  • 5.4.2 Variation in Intensity and Timing of Interactions
  • 6 Triggering Backlash
  • 6.1 Discontent in the Neighborhood
  • 6.1.1 Rule-Based Resisters
  • 6.1.2 Bargainers
  • 6.2 Higher Levels of Collective Action
  • 6.3 Worsening Perceptions of Government Performance and Legitimacy
  • 7 Becoming a Digital Dictatorship
  • 7.1 Role of the Public inMass Surveillance
  • 7.2 Mass Surveillance in the Digital Age
  • 7.3 Perils of Prediction
  • 7.4 Call for Future Research
  • Appendix
  • References

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2020
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Index
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ISBN
9780190087449 electronic book
0190087447 electronic book
9780190087463 electronic book
0190087463 electronic book
9780190087456 electronic book
0190087455 electronic book

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