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Institutional Amphibiousness and the Transition from Communism: The Case of China

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In the practice of social science, the most conspicuous recent attempt at theorizing about nonconformity and protest in late communism rests on the conceptual schema of ‘civil society versus the state’. Based on a case study of the institutional basis of criticism of, and dissent against, communism in China, I contend that the dichotomous concept ‘civil society versus the state’. when used to explain the transition from communism, is applicable only in rare, extreme cases and misleading in most cases. Instead, I introduce the concept of ‘institutional amphibiousness’, stressing institutional parasitism and institutional manipulation and conversion. In most cases, institutional amphibiousness more adequately accounts for the dynamics of the erosion of communism than the concept of ‘civil society versus the state’.

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  • Ding, X. L., 1994. "Institutional Amphibiousness and the Transition from Communism: The Case of China," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(3), pages 293-318, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:24:y:1994:i:03:p:293-318_00
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    1. Leung, Ricky C., 2013. "Networks as sponges: International collaboration for developing nanomedicine in China," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 211-219.
    2. Heberer, Thomas & Sausmikat, Nora, 2004. "Bilden sich in China Strukturen einer Zivilgesellschaft heraus?," Working Papers on East Asian Studies 61/2004, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute of East Asian Studies IN-EAST.
    3. Jeroen Van Der Heijden, 2010. "A short history of studying incremental institutional change: Does Explaining Institutional Change provide any new explanations?," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 4(2), pages 230-243, June.

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