This review article brings together English-language studies from a wide array of social science disciplines using diverse methodological approaches to provide a roadmap of the …
Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt …
X Xu - American Journal of Political Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This article studies the consequences of digital surveillance in dictatorships. I first develop an informational theory of repression and co‐optation. I argue that digital surveillance …
Frontier researches have gradually noticed that governing performance on both economic development and environmental pollution can impact the political promotion of local officials …
We offer the first large scale, multiple source analysis of the outcome of what may be the most extensive effort to selectively censor human expression ever implemented. To do this …
J Chen, J Pan, Y Xu - American journal of political science, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of research suggests that authoritarian regimes are responsive to societal actors, but our understanding of the sources of authoritarian responsiveness remains limited …
Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and human well-being, with mounting empirical evidence highlighting its detrimental effects on society. Yet defining this threat has …