Of time, leadership, and governance: Elite incentives and stability maintenance in China

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hou, Linke; Liu, Mingxing; Yang, Dali L.; Xue, Ji
• 署名单位: Shandong University; Peking University; University of Chicago
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/gove.12286
• 发表日期: 2018
• 关键词: management; regime; POLICY

摘要

China's party-controlled elite appointment system has been praised for contributing to growth and order in recent decades. Inspired by Mancur Olson's insight into elite incentives and governance, we examine how the Chinese practices of elite management affect the character of governance using unique survey and interview data on township leaders and social contention. We find that, first, externally appointed party secretaries experience more petitions and mass incidents during their tenure and are more likely to use coercion to deal with petitions than internally appointed secretaries. Second, these tendencies are moderated when externally appointed party secretaries are paired with internally appointed township heads We explore the implications of such behavioral differences and suggest our findings are of broad significance for understanding governance in China.