Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List Of Figures -- List Of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Political Order And ''stability'' -- 1.2 Seepage -- 1.3 Repressive Assistance -- 1.4 Backlash -- 1.5 Surveillance And Preemptive Control -- 1.6 Data -- 1.7 Overview Of The Book -- 2 Fixating On Political Order -- 2.1 Evolving Relationship Between Dibao And Political Order -- 2.1.1 Origins Of Dibao: Resolving Underlyingmotives For Protest -- 2.1.2 Metamorphosis Of Dibao: Serving The Comprehensive Management Of Public Security 2.2 Suppressing Instability, Implementing Order -- 2.2.1 Seeking Order Through Party Institutions -- 2.2.2 Seepage Of Political Order -- 2.3 Basic Contours Of The Dibao Policy -- 2.3.1 Related Social Assistance Programs -- 2.3.2 Dibao In The Context Ofwelfare In China -- 3 Reacting At The Threat Of Disorder -- 3.1 Experimental Design -- 3.1.1 Treatment Conditions -- 3.1.2 Ethical Considerations -- 3.1.3 Randomization And Balance -- 3.2 Threat Of Collective Action On Government Responsiveness To Dibao Applicants -- 4 Distributing Social Assistance To Preempt Disorder 4.1 Financing And Fiscal Constraints -- 4.2 Limiting Dibao To Maximize Work -- 4.2.1 Residents Committees -- 4.2.2 Gatekeepers Of Dibao -- 4.2.3 Limiting Dibao To The Infirm -- 4.3 Prioritizing Dibao To Preempt Disorder -- 4.3.1 Background On Targeted Populations -- 4.3.2 Neighborhood-level Surveillance -- 4.3.3 Distributing Dibao To Targeted Populations -- 5 Repressing With Social Assistance -- 5.1 Repression Without Coercion -- 5.2 Conversion Of Social Assistance For Repression -- 5.3 How Repressive Assistance Works -- 5.3.1 Repeated Interactions -- 5.3.2 Facilitating Surveillance 5.3.3 Obligation And Dependence -- 5.4 Limitations On Effectiveness -- 5.4.1 Heuristics In Identification -- 5.4.2 Variation In Intensity And Timing Of Interactions -- 6 Triggering Backlash -- 6.1 Discontent In The Neighborhood -- 6.1.1 Rule-based Resisters -- 6.1.2 Bargainers -- 6.2 Higher Levels Of Collective Action -- 6.3 Worsening Perceptions Of Government Performance And Legitimacy -- 7 Becoming A Digital Dictatorship -- 7.1 Role Of The Public Inmass Surveillance -- 7.2 Mass Surveillance In The Digital Age -- 7.3 Perils Of Prediction -- 7.4 Call For Future Research -- Appendix -- References Jennifer Pan. Index Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.