Description: "The Xi Jinping Effect explores the relationship between the People's Republic of China's current "paramount leader"- the most powerful individual since Mao Zedong - and multiple areas of political and social transformation. Collectively, this diverse array of essays document the ways in which Xi's neo-totalitarianism has dismantled Reform-Era legacies, while reconfiguring governance and seeking to rewire China's global connections"--
Brief description: Ashley Esarey is associate professor of political science and East Asian studies at the University of Alberta. He is the coauthor, with Hsiu-lien Lu, of My Fight for a New Taiwan: One Woman's Journey from Prison to Power (UWP, 2014); and coeditor of Taiwan in Dynamic Transition: Nation Building and Democratization (UWP, 2020) and Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-Developmental State (UWP, 2020).
Review Quotes:
"[P]rovides a comprehensive and diverse study of the effect Xi Jinping has had on - to borrow the title of his own five-volume work - 'The Governance of China'. Despite the extensive literature on politics, society, international relations and the economy under Xi Jinping's governments, few publications have managed to integrate these elements and address them from different perspectives. The Xi Jinping Effect therefore offers a great opportunity for both general readers and researchers who wish to gain an initial understanding of the Chinese leader with recent data from quality sources."
-- "Asian Affairs"