“Social Management” as a Way of Coping With Heightened Social Tensions

Joseph Fewsmith

“Social Management” as a Way of Coping With Heightened Social Tensions

Over the last year there has been an increasing emphasis on “social management” as a way of managing increasing social tensions in Chinese society. Indeed, the effort the CCP is putting into publicizing this concept underscores high-level concerns. Although these concerns cannot be attributed to...