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Burggraaf, Florijn (2015)

Decision making in the Chinese space program

Bachelor thesis | Chinastudies (BA)

This thesis studies both the way decision making works related to the Chinese space program (the ensemble of projects undertaken by the Chinese government to establish its presence in space), and the degree in which this decision making reflects Lieberthal and Oksenberg’s “Fragmented Authoritarian Model”. Therefore the hypothesis tested in this thesis is: “Decision making in Chinese politics related to the Chinese space project corresponds with Lieberthal and Oksenberg’s “Fragmented Authoritarian Model” in every detail.” In order to test this hypothesis first the “Fragmented Authoritarian Model” is described. Then the decision making related to the Chinese space program is studied in detail, using secondary sources. In the conclusion the results obtained are compared with the “Fragmented Authoritarian Model”.

China

space program

decision making

Fragmented Authoritarianism

Author

Burggraaf, Florijn

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Supervisors

Salmenkari, T.M.

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en