Policing China : : Street-Level Cops in the Shadow of Protest / / Suzanne E. Scoggins.

In Policing China, Suzanne E. Scoggins delves into the paradox of China's self-projection of a strong security state while having a weak police bureaucracy. Assessing the problems of resources, enforcement, and oversight that beset the police, outside of cracking down on political protests, Sco...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Physical Description:1 online resource (198 p.) :; 7 b&w halftones, 1 b&w line drawing, 2 charts
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Death of Xiao Hu
  • 1. Policing China: Demographics, Mission, and Funding
  • 2. Uneven Resources and Manpower Concerns
  • 3. Limitations of Police Reforms
  • 4. Controlling the Local Police
  • 5. Politicization and the Boundaries of Authoritarian Resilience
  • 6. Poor Policing and State-Society Conflict
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index
  • Selected Titles