The sentinel state: surveillance and the survival of dictatorship in China

"Rising prosperity was supposed to bring democracy to China, yet the Communist Party's political monopoly endures. How? Minxin Pei looks to the surveillance state. Though renowned for high-tech repression, the Chinese surveillance state is also a hugely labor-intensive project. Pei delves...

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Autor principal: Pei, Minxin 1957- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England Harvard University Press [2024]
En:Año: 2024
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Palabras clave:
Zhongguo gong chan dang > Discipline
Intelligence service > China > History
Dictatorship > China > History
Secret Service > China > History
Information Technology > Political aspects > China > History
Technology and state > China > History
Social Control > China > History
Spies > China > History
China > Politics and government > 1949-
Zhong guo gong chan dang > China > Geheimdienst > Überwachung > Geschichte 1950-2020
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Sumario:"Rising prosperity was supposed to bring democracy to China, yet the Communist Party's political monopoly endures. How? Minxin Pei looks to the surveillance state. Though renowned for high-tech repression, the Chinese surveillance state is also a hugely labor-intensive project. Pei delves into the human sources of coercion at the heart of CCP power."--
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:ix, 321 Seiten
ISBN:9780674257832