03108cam a22002538i 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260200029000670400013000960820026001091000023001352450133001582600044002913000028003355201956003635200223023196500032025426500027025746500070026016500059026719420007027309990017027379520100027541900576820161024090613.0160307s2016    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a9780190228552 (hardback)  cPK-LaUMT00a324.251/75223bDIC-D1 aDickson, Bruce J.,14aThe dictator's dilemma :bthe Chinese Communist Party's strategy for survival /cBruce J. Dickson, George Washington University.  aOxford:bOxford University Press,c2016  axii, 352 pages ;c25 cm  a" Many observers predicted the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party following the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, and again following the serial collapse of communist regimes behind the Iron Curtain. Their prediction, however, never proved true. Despite minor setbacks, China has experienced explosive economic growth and relative political stability ever since 1989.  In The Dictator's Dilemma, eminent China scholar Bruce Dickson provides a comprehensive explanation for regime's continued survival and prosperity. Dickson contends that the popular media narrative of the party's impending implosion ignores some basic facts. The regime's policies may generate resentment and protest, but the CCP still enjoys a surprisingly high level of popular support. Nor is the party is not cut off from the people it governs. It consults with a wide range of specialists, stakeholders, and members of the general public in a selective yet extensive manner. Further, it tolerates and even encourages a growing and diverse civil society, even while restricting access to it. Today, the majority of Chinese people see the regime as increasingly democratic even though it does not allow political competition and its leaders are not accountable to the electorate. In short, while the Chinese people may prefer change, they prefer that it occurs within the existing political framework.  In reaching this conclusion, Dickson draws upon original public opinion surveys, interviews, and published materials to explain why there is so much popular support for the regime. This basic stability is a familiar story to China specialists, but not to those whose knowledge of contemporary China is limited to the popular media. The Dictator's Dilemma, an engaging synthesis of how the CCP rules and its future prospects, will enlighten both audiences, and will be essential for anyone interested in understanding China's increasing importance in world politics. "--  a"In The Dictator's Dilemma, eminent China scholar Bruce Dickson explains in highly accessible prose why the Communist Party regime has survived and prospered, despite constant predictions of its weakening and demise"-- 0aPolitical stabilityzChina. 0aPublic opinionzChina. 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism. 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.  cBK  c88354d88354  00104070a01b01d2016-10-24l0o324.25175 DIC-Dp102367r2016-10-24 00:00:00w2016-10-24yBK