Duckett, J. and Wang, G. (2017) Why do authoritarian regimes provide public goods? Policy communities, external shocks and ideas in China’s rural social policy making. Europe-Asia Studies, 69(1), pp. 92-109. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2016.1274379)
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Abstract
Recent research on authoritarian regimes argues that they provide public goods in order to prevent rebellion. This essay shows that the ‘threat of rebellion’ alone cannot explain Chinese party-state policies to extend public goods to rural residents in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Drawing on theories of policy making, it argues that China’s one-party regime extended public goods to the rural population under the influence of ideas and policy options generated by policy communities of officials, researchers, international organisations and other actors. The party-state centre adopted and implemented these ideas and policy options when they provided solutions to external shocks and supported economic development goals. Explanations of policies and their outcomes in authoritarian political systems need to include not only ‘dictators’ but also other actors, and the ideas they generate.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Duckett, Professor Jane |
| Authors: | Duckett, J., and Wang, G. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Politics |
| Journal Name: | Europe-Asia Studies |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis (Routledge) |
| ISSN: | 0966-8136 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1465-3427 |
| Published Online: | 31 January 2017 |
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