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The sentinel state : surveillance and the survival of dictatorship in China

2024

Format:	Book
Author:	Pei, Minxin, author.
Title:	The sentinel state : surveillance and the survival of dictatorship in China / Minxin Pei.
Publisher, Date:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2024]
Description:	1 volume : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary:	"Rising prosperity was supposed to bring democracy to China, yet the Communist Party's political monopoly endures. How? Minxin Pei looks to the surveillance state. Though renowned for high-tech repression, the Chinese surveillance state is also a hugely labor-intensive project. Pei delves into the human sources of coercion at the heart of CCP power."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:	Zhongguo gong chan dang -- Discipline. Intelligence service -- China -- History. Dictatorship -- China -- History. Secret service -- China -- History. Information technology -- Political aspects -- China -- History. Technology and state -- China -- History. Social control -- China -- History. Spies -- China -- History. China -- Politics and government -- 1949-
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on publisher data; resource not viewed.
Contents:	The Evolution of the Chinese Surveillance State -- Command, Control, and Coordination -- Organizing Surveillance -- Spies and Informants -- Mass Surveillance Programs -- Controlling "Battlefield Positions" -- Upgrading Surveillance.
LCCN:	2023026654
ISBN:	9780674257832
Other Number:	1390443531
System Availability:	2
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	1050976
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Call Number:	327.125 Pei

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