Political selection is central to the survival of all regimes. This article evaluates the relative
importance of performance and political connection for the advancement of local politicians …

This article systematically examines the fundamental changes that have taken place in
China's labour-management system since China embarked on its economic reforms in …

How China Became Capitalist details the extraordinary, and often unanticipated, journey
that China has taken over the past thirty five years in transforming itself from a closed …

The study of ideology in authoritarian regimes—of how public preferences are configured
and constrained—has received relatively little scholarly attention. Using data from a large …

In a partially reformed economy, distortions beget distortions. Segments of the economy that
are freed from centralized control respond to the rent-seeking opportunities implicit in the …

This study argues against the view that the capacity of the central state has declined in the
reform era in China. It examines how reforms have been introduced into the old system of …

This essay reviews recent scholarship on four key components of the post-Mao party state's
cadre management regime—nomenklatura system, cadre performance evaluation system …

What are the costs of the Chinese regime's fixation on quelling dissent in the name of
political order, or" stability?" In Welfare for Autocrats, Jennifer Pan shows that China has …

This book contrasts experiences of mainland China and Hong Kong to explore the pressing
question of how governments can transform a culture of widespread corruption to one of …

A salient feature of China's Great Leap Famine is that political radicalism varied enormously
across provinces. Using excessive grain procurement as a pertinent measure, we find that …