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Citizens’ Expectations for Crisis Management and the Involvement of Civil Society Organisations in China / Hasmath, Reza   Journal Article
Hasmath, Reza Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Chinese citizens are relatively happy with the state's management of national disasters and emergencies. However, they are increasingly concluding that the state alone cannot manage them. Leveraging the 2018 and 2020 Civic Participation in China Surveys, we find that more educated citizens conclude that the government has a leading role in crisis management, but there is ample room for civil society organisations (CSOs) to act in a complementary fashion. On a slightly diverging path, volunteers who have meaningfully interacted with CSOs are more skeptical than non-volunteers about CSOs’ organisational ability to fulfill this crisis management function. These findings imply that the political legitimacy of the Communist Party of China is not challenged by allowing CSOs a greater role in crisis management.
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ID:   179288


Economic Legitimation in a New Era: Public Attitudes to State Ownership and Market Regulation in China / Eaton, Sarah; Hasmath, Reza   Journal Article
Eaton, Sarah Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Autocrats typically seek public support on the basis of economic growth-promotion and redistribution policies, and China is no exception. As important as these factors are for authoritarian resilience, we argue that economic legitimation is a more complex phenomenon than has previously been acknowledged. Beyond improvements in material well-being, citizens form judgements about the state's effectiveness in carrying out a variety of economic roles beyond growth promotion and they also care about the fairness of these market interventions. In this study, we use original survey data collected in late 2015 and early 2016 to evaluate Chinese citizens’ perceptions of two economic roles of the state that have been hotly debated in recent years: state ownership and market regulation. We find that while citizens view the ideas of state ownership and interventionist regulation in a generally positive light, suggesting a broad level of agreement in Chinese society about what economic functions the state ought to perform, perceptions of how the state actually carries out these roles are more mixed. Our results show that the urban young are especially inclined to critical evaluations, raising the question of how the Chinese Communist Party's legitimation strategy will fare under conditions of inter-generational value change.
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ID:   187382


Future Responses to Managing Muslim Ethnic Minorities in China: Lessons Learned from Global Approaches to Improving Inter-Ethnic Relations / Hasmath, Reza   Journal Article
Hasmath, Reza Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Current policies to manage ethnic minority unrest in Xinjiang are not working, and do not address the core root causes behind ethnic tensions. Drawing upon lessons learned from global approaches to improving inter-ethnic relations, and factoring in China’s institutional behaviour and norms, this essay looks at policy responses that could be entertained by the state to improve the conditions of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang. It suggests that in the short-term (under a year) the state could be more responsible in using the big data it collects for targeted surveillance, in tandem with a community engagement approach. In the medium-term (one to three years), the state could employ practices to reduce ethnic prejudice by encouraging increased meaningful intergroup contact, and promoting a positive media portrayal of ethnic minorities. In the long-term (three years plus), improving the relative socioeconomic ethnic inequalities is paramount.
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ID:   164769


Holding up half the sky? ethno-gender labour market outcomes in China / Cherng, Hua-Yu Sebastian; Hasmath, Reza ; Benjamin Ho   Journal Article
Hasmath, Reza Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract Studies looking at gender and ethnic minority outcomes in China’s labour market have generally suggested that women and minorities are separately experiencing a wage disadvantage relative to males and the Han majority, respectively. But, what is the experience of this combined cohort, ethnic minority women? Using data from China’s 2005 one percent mini-census, this article discerns ethno-gender labour market outcomes by factoring education, labour force participation, working hours, age, family structure (e.g. married, number of dependents) and geography (e.g. urban/rural, bordering province). It surprisingly finds that ethnic minority women are less disadvantaged in the labour market than Han women. This is largely due to smaller penalties linked to marriage and having children.
Key Words China  Ethnic Minority  Labour market  Han Majority 
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ID:   141103


Isomorphic pressures, epistemic communities and state–ngo collaboration in China / Hasmath, Reza; Hsu, Jennifer Y J   Article
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Summary/Abstract This article suggests that the lack of meaningful collaboration between the state and NGOs in China is not solely a result of the state seeking to restrict the development of the sector, or the fear of a potential opposing actor to the state; instead, interviews with NGOs in Beijing and Shanghai suggest that a lack of meaningful engagement between the state and NGOs can be partially attributed to isomorphic pressures within state–NGO relations, and insufficient epistemic awareness of NGO activities on the part of the state. In fact, the evidence suggests that once epistemic awareness is achieved by the state, it will have a stronger desire to interact with NGOs – with the caveat that the state will seek to utilize the material power of NGOs, rather than their symbolic, interpretive or geographical capital.
Key Words State  China  NGO  Collaboration  Isomorphism  Epistemic Community 
State–Society Relations 
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ID:   130421


Local corporatist state and NGO relations in China / Hsu, Jennifer Y. J; Hasmath, Reza   Journal Article
Hsu, Jennifer Y. J Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract This article examines the Chinese state's interactions and influences on the development of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through a corporatist framework. It suggests that not only is the central state actively involved in the development of NGOs, but increasingly the successes of NGOs are determined by their interactions with the local state. We profile NGOs in Shanghai, of varying sizes, budgets and issue-areas, as a case study to understand the interplay between NGOs and the local state. The article further discusses reasons behind the growing shift from central to local state influences, and the potential future implications for state-NGO relations in China
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ID:   151965


Maturing civil society in China? the role of knowledge and professionalization in the development of NGOs / Hsu, Jennifer Y J ; Hasmath, Reza   Journal Article
Hasmath, Reza Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract This article suggests that Chinese NGOs do not have the conviction that they are part of an epistemic community in mainland China. Interviews conducted in four cities, Chongqing, Kunming, Nanjing and Shanghai, suggest that this can be attributed to a lack of set standards and professionalization governing their sector of operation. Further, the study finds that Chinese NGOs do not see knowledge production as their primary role within their organizational development life cycle. This may indicate a varying path towards the maturation of civil society in China, whereby Chinese NGOs do not conform to the organizational development process as outlined in extant NGO literature.
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ID:   181852


Rethinking Global Civil Society in an Era of a Rising China / Hasmath, Reza ; Hsu, Jennifer Y. J.   Journal Article
Hasmath, Reza Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract The concept of global civil society arose out of a language, culture and definition influenced by mainstream Western political philosophy and discourse, and the behavior of Western NGOs that proliferated in the latter part of the 20th century. The recent rise of Chinese social organizations internationally—which were born, developed, and prospered in a domestic authoritarian institutional environment with varying values and norms than their Western counterparts—suggests a rethink of how global civil society is conceived. Namely, as Chinese social organizations internationalize, they ultimately export to host nations their best/worst practices, modes of operation, organizational behavior, and values and norms. This article looks at the experiences of Chinese social organizations domestically and abroad, and discerns how their actions and behavior potentially confirm, modify, and/or reject the contemporary conceptual understanding of global civil society.
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ID:   164491


What explains the rise of majority–minority tensions and conflict in Xinjiang? / Hasmath, Reza   Journal Article
Hasmath, Reza Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract In the past few years there has been a rise of inter-ethnic violence in China. While ethno-cultural repression and ineffective state policies are correctly attributed as key culprits behind this reality, this article suggests that socio-economic factors play a fundamental contributory role as well. Using the Xinjiang case, the article maps ethnic tensions and violence as a manifestation and expression of a growing and heightened ethno-cultural consciousness stemming from ethnic minorities’ low socio-economic status due, in part, to internal Han migration, and a labour market process – involving agency and structure – that has shaped a split and segmented labour market.
Key Words Conflict  Violence  Ethnic Minority  Uyghur  Labour market  Xinjian 
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