Citizens and the State in Authoritarian Regimes

<em>Citizens and the State in Authoritarian Regimes</em> compares the most powerful authoritarian states in global politics today: Russia and China. By placing China and Russia side-by-side this volume produces new insights including what strategies their rulers have used to stay in power while forging political stability and gathering information; how societal groups have resisted complied or responded to these strategies; and what costs and benefits anticipated and unexpected have accompanied the bargains political leaders and their societies have struck. The essays in this volume change the way we understand authoritarian politics and expand the terrain of how we analyze regime-society relations in authoritarian states.