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Disciplining local officials in China: the case of conflict management / Cai, Yongshun; Zhu, Lin

Cai, Yongshun	Journal Article
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2013.

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Ensuring the accountability of state agents requires the use of reward and sanction. Like other authoritarian regimes, the Chinese Party-state faces a dilemma in dealing with malfeasant agents: unprincipled tolerance undermines the regime's legitimacy, but disciplining officials may demoralize agents and result in the loss of state investment in them. Given this dilemma, selective or differentiated discipline becomes a logical choice. Using the case of social conflict management by local officials, this article explores the political rationale behind the use of selective discipline in China. It finds that two factors significantly affect the likelihood of an official being punished for mishandling social conflict: the severity of the consequences of the official's failure, and his or her role in the failure.

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Conflict Management ; Social conflict ; China ; Chinese Party ; State Investment ; Political Rationale

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Zone of respect in the Chinese party-state: a preliminary exploration / Brantly, Womack

Brantly, Womack	Journal Article
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It is possible to distinguish between a “zone of immunity” for the freedoms of citizens created by the public contract of a liberal state’s constitution and a “zone of indifference” for the freedoms of the people created by a party-state’s policy preferences. Professor Tang Tsou first suggested this distinction. However, to the extent that the political leadership of a party-state is fundamentally committed to popular sovereignty, we can speak of a “zone of respect” for popular freedoms that lies between immunity and indifference. In contrast to the zone of immunity, the zone of respect does not acknowledge the legitimacy of opposition. In contrast to the zone of indifference, the zone of respect recognises and protects the legitimacy of diverse interests and opinions as a constitutional commitment rather than as a changeable policy commitment.

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Sovereignty ; Political Leadership ; China ; Chinese Party ; Party State Policy

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