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A Tight Grip: State Power and Control in Modern China

A Tight Grip: State Power and Control in Modern China

Tsai, Wen-Hsuan

Hardcover

Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies

General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 0774872020
ISBN13: 9780774872027
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: Aug 19 2025
Pages: 186
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
Investigates the distribution of power in China and its effect on society.

A non-democratic regime must solve two problems in order to survive: how to share power with the political elite and how to control society. A Tight Grip examines the strategies that China's current, and longest-serving, head of state has used to address these questions and bolster his leadership of the world's second-most populous country.

Wen-Hsuan Tsai explores the president's method of concentrating decision-making power in his own hands through political dominance and ideological control while still creating scope for local-level political advancement. As a result, he has expanded the reach of social control while reducing its cost to the regime.

A Tight Grip is an in-depth exploration of the president's innovative use of specific institutional and policy instruments to develop a restricted power-sharing model and maintain social order. This clear-eyed assessment reveals not only the pros and cons of particular regulations but also their implications for China's political development.

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