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Availability:In StockContributor:Alexsia T. ChanPublish date:6/12/2025Pages:210
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009355674ISBN-10:1009355678UPC:9781009355674Book Category:Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:World, SociologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCNPEEJE7D
Beyond Coercion offers a new perspective on mechanisms of social control practiced by authoritarian regimes. Focusing on the Chinese state, Alexsia T. Chan presents an original theory and concept of political atomization, which explains how the state maintains social control and entrenches structural inequality. Chan investigates why migrant workers in China still lack access to urban public services despite national directives to incorporate them into cities, reported worker shortages, and ongoing labor unrest. Through a meticulous analysis of the implementation of policies said to expand workers' rights, she shows how these policies often end up undermining their claims to benefits. The book argues that local governments provide public services for migrants using a process of political individualization, which enables the state to exercise control beyond coercion by atomizing those who might otherwise mobilize against it. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009355674ISBN-10:1009355678UPC:9781009355674Book Category:Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:World, SociologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCNPEEJE7D
Chan, Alexsia T.: - Alexsia T. Chan is Associate Professor of Government at Hamilton College. Her research examines authoritarian politics and development with a focus on China.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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