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Adaptation under scrutiny: peering through the lens of community governance in China

Howell, Jude (2016) Adaptation under scrutiny: peering through the lens of community governance in China. Journal of Social Policy, 45 (3). pp. 487-506. ISSN 0047-2794

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Identification Number: 10.1017/S0047279415000884

Abstract

This paper examines processes of adaptive governance and authoritarian resilience through the lens of community governance, bringing together hitherto unrelated fields of study. It argues first that adaptation has unintended consequences that can threaten stability but do not necessarily cause regime crisis. Second, it contends that the structural fault-lines of institutionalised categorical inequality, marketisation, and professionalization, along with the pathologies of Leninist authoritarianism, undermine adaptive community governance. The paper draws on qualitative research in two neighbourhoods of Shanghai.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna...
Additional Information: © 2016 Cambridge University Press
Divisions: International Development
Subjects: J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Date Deposited: 13 Jan 2016 12:25
Last Modified: 14 Sep 2024 07:01
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/64953

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