Description
About the Author
Jeremy L. Wallace is an associate professor of government at Cornell University, on sabbatical leave for 2021-22 at Georgetown's Mortara Center for International Studies. He studies authoritarian politics focusing on China, cities, statistics, and climate change. He recently published work on COVID-19 in APSR and on China's relationship with the international order in International Organization. He serves as an editor at The Monkey Cage and writes the China Lab newsletter.
Reviews
Jeremy Wallace's new book Seeking Truth and Hiding Facts: Information, Ideology, and Authoritarianism in China is a tour de force of scholarship on the political development of the People's Republic of China (PRC), particularly in the post-Mao era...the book is very enjoyable to read and remains accessible without compromising on theoretical depth or empirical richness. * Yan Xiaojun, The University of Hong Kong, The China Quarterly *
Professor Wallace offers readers a fascinating volume on how quantification and governance have gone hand in hand in China and their discontents. This is a unique perspective on and reinterpretation of China's political economy in recent decades." -Dali L. Yang, William C. Reavis Professor of Political Science, The University of Chicago
In this important book, Jeremy Wallace shows why the center in China has limited its vision to a few quantifiable indicators, such as GDP, investment, and fiscal revenue. This focus has led to a failure to see local problems like protests, debt, and pollution. Wallace's arguments speak to key debates in the study of authoritarian politics." -Martin K. Dimitrov, Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
This is an excellent book about the political economy of China and an insightful study of an authoritarian system. * Choice *
Wallace's engaging book provides both theoretical and empirical contributions to the study of Chinese politics, autocracy, and governance. The book offers a thorough, but highly readable, analysis that will benefit students and scholars alike. * Kerry Ratigan, Pacific A!airs: Volume 97 *
Book Information
ISBN 9780197627662
Author Jeremy L. Wallace
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 410g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 155mm * 20mm