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Wealth Into Power

Bruce J. Dickson Β· 2008
75/100
πŸ‘ Worth It

A Cambridge-published, peer-reviewed political science monograph that uses unique longitudinal survey data to challenge the assumption that economic liberalization leads to democratization in China β€” and the counter-intuitive argument holds up. The data is now more than twenty years old, which is a real limitation, and the audience is narrow specialists. For the right reader β€” China scholars, policy analysts, graduate students β€” this is authoritative and genuinely valuable.

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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety88
Substance / usefulness79
Craft & writing77
Originality76
Evidence & accuracy80
Hype vs delivers74
Age-fit73
πŸ‘ Human-eye gut-check73
Penny’s verdict75
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