Thesis
The war on language: language management and resistance in contemporary China
- Abstract:
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What explains institutional change in authoritarian regimes presiding over fragmented societies? A popular assumption is that, because the state is so powerful, major institutional change takes place only when certain actors within the state system see such change as beneficial for their personal or collective interests. In other words, institutional changes are necessarily top-down and elitist in nature. Challenging that position, this thesis articulates a theory of gradual institu...
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+ Thornton, P
Division:
SSD
Department:
Politics & Int Relations
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2013
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:8208
- Deposit date:
- 2014-03-18
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Lee, S; Siu Yau Lee
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Notes:
- This thesis is not currently available via ORA.
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