The Contentious Public Sphere: Law, Media, and Authoritarian Rule in China
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The Contentious Public Sphere: Law, Media, and Authoritarian Rule in China
By (Author) Ya-Wen Lei
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
22nd January 2018
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Regional / International studies
Political control and freedoms
Ethical issues: censorship
Political structure and processes
Media studies
Civics and citizenship
320.951
Physical Properties
Hardback
304
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
567g
Description
Since the mid-2000s, public opinion and debate in China have become increasingly common and consequential, despite the ongoing censorship of speech and regulation of civil society. How did this happen In The Contentious Public Sphere, Ya-Wen Lei shows how the Chinese state drew on law, the media, and the Internet to further an authoritarian projec
Reviews
"Winner of the 2018 Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association"
"Winner of the 2018 Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Book Award, Human Rights Section of the American Sociological Association"
Author Bio
Ya-Wen Lei is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University.
