"Mao's last revolution": a dictator's loyalty–competence tradeoff
In: Public choice, Band 180, Heft 3-4, S. 469-500
ISSN: 1573-7101
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In: Public choice, Band 180, Heft 3-4, S. 469-500
ISSN: 1573-7101
In: The China quarterly, Band 238, S. 331-352
ISSN: 1468-2648
Chinese citizens commonly take to the internet to voice complaints concerning their daily lives. The political hierarchy in China dictates that local governments are primarily responsible for addressing such grievances. This study investigates how local governments deal with online complaints and finds that they respond in a variety of ways and that their choice of a particular form of response is shaped by the pressure generated by the complaint and the cost of resolving it. This study contributes to the understanding of government responsiveness in China by directly assessing the quality of governmental responses and by measuring the pressure and costs faced by the government when dealing with online complaints. It also explains how the Chinese government, without having to rely on censorship, shields regime legitimacy from media exposure. (China Q/GIGA)
World Affairs Online
In: Asian survey, Band 56, Heft 4, S. 731-753
ISSN: 1533-838X
People who rely on new information technologies to orchestrate protests face a common-knowledge constraint: the information on a proposed protest they release to potential participants can also be known by the government. This article examines the conditions under which protests mobilized through new information technologies become possible in China.
In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 56, Heft 4, S. 731-753
ISSN: 0004-4687
World Affairs Online
In: Social Development and Social Policy, S. 357-382
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 29, Heft 122, S. 286-303
ISSN: 1469-9400