China's Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy
Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- One: Why Transitions get Trapped: A Theoretical Framework -- Two: Democratizing China? -- Three: Rent Protection and Dissipation: The Dark Side of Gradualism -- Four: Transforming the State: From Developmental to Predatory -- Five: China's Mounting Governance Deficits -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Reported Cases of Local Mafia States -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.