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Manipulating authoritarian citizenship : security, development, and local membership in China /

"The redistribution of political and economic rights is inherently unequal in autocratic societies. Autocrats routinely divide their populations into included and excluded groups, creating particularistic citizenship through granting some groups access to rights and redistribution while restric...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vortherms, Samantha A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2024]
Series:Studies of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
Subjects:
Citizenship > China.
Domicile > China.
Local government > China.
Authoritarianism > China.
Domicile > Chine.
Administration locale > Chine.
Autoritarisme > Chine.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • The institutional evolution of China's local citizenship
  • Manipulating citizenship
  • Internal citizenship regimes
  • Balancing security and development
  • Voluntarism and the naturalization decision
  • Conclusion : beyond hukou.