Yuhua Wang (王裕华) is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. His articles have appeared in the China Journal, the China Review, the China Quarterly, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, the Journal of Peking University (Beijing Daxue Xuebao), and Studies in Comparative International Development. He is a frequent commentator on political developments in China and has been featured in the New York Times, Reuters, and South China Morning Post, as well as on CNN and DR (the Danish Broadcasting Corporation).
发表于2025-03-26
Tying the Autocrat's Hands 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书
图书标签: 政治学 中国政治 海外中国研究 威权主义 法治 法学 比较政治 王玉华
Under what conditions would authoritarian rulers be interested in the rule of law? What type of rule of law exists in authoritarian regimes? How do authoritarian rulers promote the rule of law without threatening their grip on power? Tying the Autocrat's Hands answers these questions by examining legal reforms in China. Yuhua Wang develops a demand-side theory arguing that authoritarian rulers will respect the rule of law when they need the cooperation of organized interest groups that control valuable and mobile assets but are not politically connected. He also defines the rule of law that exists in authoritarian regimes as a partial form of the rule of law, in which judicial fairness is respected in the commercial realm but not in the political realm. Tying the Autocrat's Hands demonstrates that the rule of law is better enforced in regions with a large number of foreign investors but less so in regions heavily invested in by Chinese investors.
略失望,为何政治学还钟情现代化理论(作为靶子),因为inference的限制不能讲更精细的故事了吗?
评分加一星给卡夫卡 难得(也难看)的是作者作为一个北大背景的学者居然提供了这么一个头脑简单的答案
评分很有意思的一个 argument,认为 Authoritarian ruler 之所以愿意进行 partial rule of law 取决于财产所有者中 political connection 不强的那批。在中国语境下,就是外资企业因为政治 connection 的相对不利因而更要求一个公平的市场环境。因而依赖外资税收较多的政府则会更倾向于提供这样的环境;但是如果政府主要依赖本地企业和国有企业税收,其在这方面的 committment 就不会那么强。
评分飞机上又读了一遍。与他的博士论文相比,这本书真的给人焕然一新的感觉。第二章的理论结构很精彩,文字简单却将理论脉络梳理得很清晰。
评分略失望,为何政治学还钟情现代化理论(作为靶子),因为inference的限制不能讲更精细的故事了吗?
Tying the Autocrat's Hands 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书