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  • Political Selection in China

    Rethinking Foundations and Findings

    by Melanie Manion ...
    Series series Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia
    Political selection is about how individuals are selected to political office – and this substantially determines the quality of governance. The evidence favors democratic elections as the selection institution that produces high governance quality. Yet authoritarian China, where a communist party monopolizes the selection of all officials of importance, presents a sophisticated and, by some ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Information for Autocrats

    Representation in Chinese Local Congresses

    by Melanie Manion ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    This book investigates the new representation unfolding in Chinese local congresses. Drawing qualitative fieldwork and data analysis from original surveys of 5,130 township, county, and municipal congressmen and women and constituents, Melanie Manion shows the priorities and problems of ordinary Chinese significantly influence both who gets elected to local congresses and what the congresses do ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Beijing Spring 1989

    Confrontation and Conflict - The Basic Documents

    by Michel C. Oksenberg, Marc Lambert, Melanie Manion ...
    A collection of documents, with commentary, which trace the day-to-day pronouncements, utterances, and reflections from all sides of the conflict in China in the spring of 1989. The 65 documents are arranged chronologically, starting in early March and ending in late June. ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Contemporary Chinese Politics

    New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies

    Edited by Allen Carlson, Mary E. Gallagher, Kenneth Lieberthal, Melanie Manion ...
    Contemporary Chinese Politics: Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies considers how new and diverse sources and methods are changing the study of Chinese politics. Contributors spanning three generations in China studies place their distinct qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches in the framework of the discipline and point to challenges or opportunities (or both) of adapting new ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Gaining Access

    A Practical and Theoretical Guide for Qualitative Researchers

    by Martha S. Feldman, Jeannine Bell, Michele Tracy Berger, JoAnn M. Brooks, Ann Chih Lih, Marijata Daniel-Echols, Gelaye Debebe, Jane E. Dutton, Ernestine K. Enomoto, Martha Feldman, Ronie Garcia-Johnson, Clare Ginger, Ted G. Jelen, Amaney Jamal, Melanie Manion, Michelle Miller-Adams, Charles T. Myers, Leslie Perlow, Paula Pickering, Michael Pratt, Jodi Sandfort, Brian Schermer, Amy Wrzesniewski ...
    Gaining access is a critical part of doing research, not only because one must 'get in' in order to gain information, but also because the quality of access affects what information is available to the researcher. Despite its importance, the literature on qualitative methods has not yet provided an extensive treatment of this issue. Gaining Access fills the void by offering useful, prescriptive ... Read more

    $143.99 CAD

  • Multiples Illuminated: A Collection of Stories and Advice From Parents of Twins, Triplets and More

    by Alison Lee, Megan Woolsey, Ellen Nordberg, Shelley Segal, Janet McNally, Eileen C. Manion, Erika Sigurdson, Melanie Sweeney, MeiMei Fox, Susan Moldaw, Jared Bond, Amy Paturel, Allie Smith, Angie Kinghorn, Briton Underwood, Jackie Pick, Shanna Silva, Lexi Rohner, Kirsten Gant, Allie Capo-Burdick, Becki Melchione, Janine Kovac ...
    A Must-Have, First-of-Its-Kind Book Filled with Honesty and Wisdom from Parents of MultiplesDid you just discover that you are pregnant . . . with twins, triplets or more? Are you wondering how you will cope caring for more than one baby?Multiples Illuminated dives deep into the world of raising multiples with beautiful stories and helpful advice. In it, you will find essays on:· Infertility help ... Read more

    $4.09 CAD

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  • Media and Protest Logics in the Digital Era

    The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong

    by Francis L.F. Lee, Joseph M. Chan ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Digital Politics
    Digital and social media are increasingly integrated into the dynamics of protest movements around the world. They strengthen the mobilization power of movements, extend movement networks, facilitate new modes of protest participation, and give rise to new protest formations. Meanwhile, conventional media remains an important arena where protesters and their targets contest for public support. ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Capitalism without Democracy

    The Private Sector in Contemporary China

    by Kellee S. Tsai ...
    Over the past three decades, China has undergone a historic transformation. Once illegal, its private business sector now comprises 30 million businesses employing more than 200 million people and accounting for half of China's Gross Domestic Product. Yet despite the optimistic predictions of political observers and global business leaders, the triumph of capitalism has not led to substantial ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China

    by Daniela Stockmann ...
    Series series Communication, Society and Politics
    In most liberal democracies commercialized media is taken for granted, but in many authoritarian regimes the introduction of market forces in the media represents a radical break from the past with uncertain political and social implications. In Media Commercialization and Authoritarian Rule in China, Daniela Stockmann argues that the consequences of media marketization depend on the institutional ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Governance and Public Administration in China

    Edited by Toby S. James, Wei Liu, Caixia Man ...
    China has traditionally been held up around the world as the archetype of centralised governance and a top-down system of public administration. But to what extent does this remain true of modern China? This book provides an updated perspective on modern China through a series of cutting edge, original studies focusing on public administration in China.The book opens with an overview of the key ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Higher Education Access in the Asia Pacific

    Privilege or Human Right?

    Edited by Christopher S. Collins, Prompilai Buasuwan ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This edited volume offers empirical, evaluative, and philosophical perspectives on the question of higher education as a human right in the Asia Pacific. Throughout the region, higher education has grown rapidly in a variety of ways. Price, accessibility, mobility, and government funding are all key areas of interest, which likely shape the degree to which higher education may be viewed as a human ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Media, Mobilization and the Umbrella Movement

    Edited by Francis L. F. Lee ...
    The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong caught the world’s attention and imagination at the end of 2014. The 79-day occupation campaign took on some of the characteristics of the recent wave of large-scale protest movements around the world, including the prominent roles played by the media – both conventional and digital – in the mobilization and communication processes of the movement.This edited ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD