Professor Teresa Wright looks at how, when, and why Chinese individuals and groups have engaged in protests and how the targets of their complaints have responded; thus shedding light on the stability of China’s existing political system and its likely future trajectory.
Teresa Wright - Discussant For Politics: The Chinese Party-State And Chinese Society
May 25, 2016
Teresa Wright chairs the political science department at California State University, Long Beach. Her research has focused on how the Chinese state has successfully engineered sweeping economic changes without undertaking significant political reform. She’s written on a wide-range of topics, including trust in government, religious groups, and youth attitudes. Wright’s newest book is Party and State in Post-Mao China.
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