Yongshun Cai is Professor of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is the author of State and Laid-off Workers in Reform China (2006) and Collective Resistance in China (Stanford, 2010).
"This is an important book about an important problem for
authoritarian states. Yongshun Cai investigates the empirical
pattern of discipline in contemporary China, drawing our attention
to cost considerations that mediate sanctioning choices and
illuminating the crucial functions of uncertainty and flexibility
in effective sanctioning and local policy innovation."—Melanie
Manion, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"In order to survive, authoritarian regimes need to walk a thin
line between sanctioning too many agents and tolerating too much
malfeasance. Cai explores the balance the Chinese party system has
maintained and the logic behind it. Sanctions are by no means
sufficient to clear up corruption and other malfeasance, but so far
they have been sufficient to maintain the system. State and Agents
in China is thoroughly researched and persuasively argued."—Joseph
Fewsmith, Boston University
"Never was a book on the problem of managing party and state agents
in China so timely as Yongshun Cai's State and Agents in China."—
Flora Sapio, China Information
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