Dragan Pavlicevic – författare

As China enters its proclaimed ‘New Era’ under President Xi Jinping, this book examines changes and continuity in social relations and political development, investigating new developments against the backdrop of continuations of long-term trends and previous policies.

What has remained outside many scholarly discussions is a larger backdrop of continuity, into which the policies of Xi Jinping’s administration are inserted to further shape social, economic and political trajectories in contemporary China. Presented as a volume of methodologically diverse studies exploring some of the key aspects of social and political development in contemporary China, its authors examine the structural factors that continue to exert influence on China’s trajectory – in the ‘New Era’, as before – at the deeper and subtler levels. This is the first publication of its kind to focus on how continuity and change interplay under Xi; it enables readers to appreciate both genuine novelties and the enduring, long-term trends, as well as to estimate future trends in the proclaimed ‘New Era’ and beyond.

Social Relations and Political Development in China will be of significant interest to students and scholars of Chinese studies, political science and sociology.

As China enters its proclaimed ‘New Era’ under President Xi Jinping, this book examines changes and continuity in social relations and political development, investigating new developments against the backdrop of continuations of long-term trends and previous policies.

What has remained outside many scholarly discussions is a larger backdrop of continuity, into which the policies of Xi Jinping’s administration are inserted to further shape social, economic and political trajectories in contemporary China. Presented as a volume of methodologically diverse studies exploring some of the key aspects of social and political development in contemporary China, its authors examine the structural factors that continue to exert influence on China’s trajectory – in the ‘New Era’, as before – at the deeper and subtler levels. This is the first publication of its kind to focus on how continuity and change interplay under Xi; it enables readers to appreciate both genuine novelties and the enduring, long-term trends, as well as to estimate future trends in the proclaimed ‘New Era’ and beyond.

Social Relations and Political Development in China will be of significant interest to students and scholars of Chinese studies, political science and sociology.

This book explores non-electoral means of public participation in contemporary

China, both as an outcome of and a key contributor to the party-state’s

efforts to improve its governing capacity.

Examining consultative meetings, public hearings, and the use of surveys

and questionnaires in Zhejiang province, on an empirical level, the study

evaluates the historical development and institutional backgrounds of these

mechanisms, as well as provides a critical assessment of their achievements

and failures. At the same time, on a theoretical level, this book contributes

to the broader scholarship on contemporary Chinese politics and political

development within one-party regimes, as well as debates about state building

and democratisation. Relying on the distinction between access to and

exercise of power, it concludes that non-electoral public participation is in

fact a function of state building. Developing a state capable of producing

effective solutions to governing challenges, it is argued, requires public participation

in the governing process.

With analysis informed by interviews with local-level policy-makers and

officials, academics, and citizens’ representatives and activists, Public Participation

and State Building in China will be a valuable research resource for

students and scholars of Chinese politics, political science, and civil society.

This book explores non-electoral means of public participation in contemporary

China, both as an outcome of and a key contributor to the party-state’s

efforts to improve its governing capacity.

Examining consultative meetings, public hearings, and the use of surveys

and questionnaires in Zhejiang province, on an empirical level, the study

evaluates the historical development and institutional backgrounds of these

mechanisms, as well as provides a critical assessment of their achievements

and failures. At the same time, on a theoretical level, this book contributes

to the broader scholarship on contemporary Chinese politics and political

development within one-party regimes, as well as debates about state building

and democratisation. Relying on the distinction between access to and

exercise of power, it concludes that non-electoral public participation is in

fact a function of state building. Developing a state capable of producing

effective solutions to governing challenges, it is argued, requires public participation

in the governing process.

With analysis informed by interviews with local-level policy-makers and

officials, academics, and citizens’ representatives and activists, Public Participation

and State Building in China will be a valuable research resource for

students and scholars of Chinese politics, political science, and civil society.

The China Question: Contestations and Adaptations provides fresh perspectives on, and empirics about, China’s international relations through the lens of the local and regional configurations and developments around the world. While China’s foreign policy strategies have received much attention, and in particular the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the local contestations and/or adaptations that China provokes in the countries and regions it engages remain under-researched. In this book, a global collection of scholars examines how countries, societies, and individuals around the world are responding to China‘s rise.