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22-07-2017 | Book Review

Scott Wilson, Tigers without Teeth: The Pursuit of Justice in Contemporary China

Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015, 276p. $79.00 hardcover; $75.00 ebook

Author: Chi Zhang

Published in: Journal of Chinese Political Science | Issue 3/2017

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Scott Wilson’s book, Tigers without Teeth: The Pursuit of Justice in Contemporary China, is intellectual and accessible. This detailed analysis of the politics of law provides an important contribution to the study of law, political advocacy and the development of civil society in China. It challenges the myth that China is a monolithic entity under single-party leadership by arguing that cleavages between ministries and the friction between central and local authorities have resulted in differences in the development of civil society (p.14). …

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Title: Scott Wilson, Tigers without Teeth: The Pursuit of Justice in Contemporary China
Lanham, Boulder, New York, London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015, 276p. $79.00 hardcover; $75.00 ebook
Author: Chi Zhang
Publication date: 22-07-2017
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Journal of Chinese Political Science / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1080-6954
Electronic ISSN: 1874-6357
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-017-9504-9

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