The Rise of the Security State

摘要: Over the past two decades, Chinese domestic security apparatus has expanded dramatically. “Stability maintenance” operations have become a priority for local authorities. We argue that birth of these trends dates to early 1990s, when central Party authorities adopted new governance models differed dramatically from those 1980s. They increased bureaucratic rank public chiefs within apparatus, reach political-legal into broader range issues, and altered cadre evaluation standards increase sensitivity social protest. show origin changes lies in policy response developments 1989-1991, namely Tiananmen democracy movement collapse Communist political systems Eastern Europe. twenty years, practices flowered an extensive stability maintenance where is increasingly oriented around need respond protest, whether through concession or repression. now appear be rethinking developments, but direction reform remains unclear.