The Rise of the Chinese Security State
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23326232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuhua Wang (0000-0003-4311-5425, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author), Carl Minzner, Carl F Minzner (Fordham University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 222 |
| Pages | 339-359 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The China Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-4439 • E-ISSN: 1468-2648 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305741015000430 |
| OpenAlex | W2156136604 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 105 |
| References cited | 40 |
Over the past two decades, the Chinese domestic security apparatus has expanded dramatically. “Stability maintenance” operations have become a top priority for local Chinese authorities. We argue that this trend goes back to the early 1990s, when central Party authorities adopted new governance models that differed dramatically from those of the 1980s. They increased the bureaucratic rank of public security chiefs within the Party apparatus, expanded the reach of the Party political-legal apparatus into a broader range of governance issues, and altered cadre evaluation standards to increase the sensitivity of local authorities to social unrest. We show that the origin of these changes lies in a policy response to the developments of 1989–1991, namely the Tiananmen democracy movement and the collapse of communist political systems in Eastern Europe. Over the past twenty years, these practices have developed into an extensive stability maintenance apparatus, whereby local governance is increasingly oriented around the need to respond to social unrest, whether through concession or repression. Chinese authorities now appear to be rethinking these developments, but the direction of reform remains unclear.
Bureaucracy · Communism · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social unrest · Sociology · State (computer science) · Unrest · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 105 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 100 |