Rekindling the Strong State in Russia and China offers a thorough analysis of the profound regeneration of the State and its intense interaction with the extern

Xi Chen explores the dramatic rise in, and routinization of, social protests in China since the early 1990s.

Xi Chen explores the dramatic rise in, and routinization of, social protests in China since the early 1990s.

"Xi Chen explains why there has been a dramatic rise in social protests in China since the early 1990s and how it has strengthened the current regime"--

Sheds new light on social protest and its implications on power, rules, legitimacy, and resistance in modern societies.