- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Summary
- "A few numbers came to define Chinese politics, until they did not count what mattered and what they counted did not measure up. Seeking Truth argues that the Chinese government adopted a system of limited, quantified vision in order to survive the disasters unleashed by Mao Zedong's ideological leadership, explains how that system worked, and analyzes how problems accumulated in its blind spots leading Xi Jinping to take the regime into a neopolitical turn. Xi's new normal is an attempt fix the problems of the prior system, as well as a hedge against an inability to do so. The book argues that while of course dictators stay in power through coercion and cooptation, they also do so by convincing their populations and themselves of their right to rule. Quantification is one tool in this persuasive arsenal, but it comes with its own perils"--
- Uniform Title
- Seeking truth & hiding facts (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Seeking truth & hiding facts (Online)
- Seeking truth and hiding facts
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- A numbers game -- Quantifying like a regime -- Seeking truth -- Aftershocks -- Quantified governance -- Hiding facts -- A neopolitical turn -- Beyond count.
- LCCN
- 2022021546
- OCLC
- ssj0002708201
- Author
Wallace, Jeremy L.
- Title
Seeking truth & hiding facts [electronic resource] : information, ideology, and authoritarianism in China / Jeremy L. Wallace.
- Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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