This chapter analyses the second source of the party-state's double-bind logic in the
regulation of private ISM firms: fragmented authoritarianism. It entails two dynamics: vertical …

This chapter analyses the first source of the party-state's double-bind logic in the regulation
of the ISM industry: the contradiction between economic objectives and political objectives …

This article tentatively advances a double-bind regulation (DBR) approach to explain the
manoeuvring room of private internet firms in the authoritarian setting of China. The …

Using an inter-sub-disciplinary approach, this chapter puts together the building blocks of
the “double-bind regulatory state”: autonomisation of the state power, contradiction in the …

“Authoritarian regimes smother internet and the social media. This book boldly argues this is
not the case in China, where the party-state is torn between conflicting political and …

This chapter analyses the third source of the party-state's double-bind logic: the
contradiction between preserving domestic information control and seeking global …

This chapter answers the question in the introduction about the margins of manoeuvring of
private internet firms in China: since the party-state can neither rule as an arbitrary autocrat …

The political regulation of the ISM industry puts the fundamental political interests of the
party-state at stakes, including the preservation of the regime's survival, the governance …

The “return of the state” as an economic actor has left scholars at a lack of theoretical tools to
capture the characteristics of state-dominated business systems. This is reflected in the fact …

The regulator's existence under authoritarianism is a precarious one. They must carefully
address the regime's desire for safer food, stable financial markets, and cleaner air without …