Governing Neighborhoods in Urban China : : Changing State-Society Relations / / Beibei Tang.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023
• VerfasserIn: Tang, Beibei,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (186 p.) :; 2 charts

Governing Neighborhoods in Urban China examines the key mechanisms, operating at the grassroots level, which contribute to urban developmentand and increased public support for the legitimacy and authority of the Chinese state. Through the uncovering of new trends and dynamics of urban neighborhood governance in China since the 2000s, Beibei Tang examines the key mechanisms that contribute to the regime survival. Beibei Tang introduces the concept of hybrid authoritarianism, a governance mechanism employed in an authoritarian state to produce governance legitimacy, public support, and regime sustainability. Hybrid authoritarianism is situated in an intermediary governance space connecting state and society. It accommodates both state and non-state actors, deals with a wide range of governance issues, employs flexible governance strategies, and in this context, ultimately strengthens CCP leadership. Tang documents processes of hybrid authoritarianism through her focus on various types of urban neighborhoods, including new urban middle-class neighborhoods and the increasing urbanization of the countryside. Governing Neighborhoods in Urban China provides a conceptual framework that avoids scholarly approaches that tend to reify either one-party autocracy or Western-centric notions of democracy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction THE STRENGTH AND FLEXIBILITY OF NEIGHBORHOOD GOVERNANCE IN URBAN CHINA -- 1 DIVERSIFICATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD GOVERNANCE -- 2 INTERMEDIARY GOVERNANCE SPACE -- 3 NEIGHBORHOOD CONFLICT RESOLUTION -- 4 NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE PROVISION -- 5 PARTICIPATION IN NEIGHBORHOOD GOVERNANCE -- Conclusion THE PARTY-STATE, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND NEIGHBORHOOD GOVERNANCE -- Appendix SUMMARIES OF NEIGHBORHOODS -- Notes -- References -- Index