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Dams, Migration and Authoritarianism in China: The Local State in Yunnan

Dams, Migration and Authoritarianism in China: The Local State in Yunnan

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Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 1138934933
ISBN13: 9781138934931
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 3 2015
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

This book studies the evolution of dam-induced resettlement policy in China, based on extensive fieldwork conducted in Yunnan province. It shows that local governments at the lowest administrative levels are caught in a double bind, facing strong top-down pressures in the important policy field of hydropower development, while simultaneously having to handle growing social pressure from local communities affected by resettlement policies. It questions the widespread assumption that the observed longevity and resilience of China's authoritarian regime is to a large extent due to the high degree of flexibility that has been granted to local governments in the course of the reform period.

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