Lei, YaWen
The Contentious Public Sphere
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691196145
- author:
- Lei, YaWen
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Printed Publication
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 235mm / 156mm
- Genre:
- Government Regional History Study Guide
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Contentious Public Sphere: Law, Media, and Authoritarian Rule in China by Ya-Wen Lei explores how the Chinese state has harnessed law, media, and the Internet to further its authoritarian project of modernization. This process inadvertently created a nationwide public sphere that the state must now strive to control. Lei examines the influence this unruly sphere has had on Chinese politics, revealing how citizens have come to understand themselves as legal subjects, collaborated with legal and media professionals, and organized around concepts of law and rights. The emergence of this public sphere is a pressing issue with significant implications for the political prospects of the Chinese people. Investigating how individuals learn to use public discourse to influence politics, The Contentious Public Sphere offers new insights into the transformation of state-society relations in China.
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