The idea of a circular economy (CE) has become prominent in both European and Chinese
policy making. Chinese and European perspectives on a CE share a common conceptual …

This paper contributes to the literature by examining the impact of different forms of state
ownership on corporate innovation and the moderating effects of environmental, social, and …

Recent literature on environmental governance in China frequently ascribes blame for
China's environmental problems to sub-national governments' lax environmental …

Chinese authorities are reconsidering legal reforms they enacted in the 1980s and 1990s.
These reforms had emphasized law, litigation, and courts as institutions for resolving civil …

Over the past two decades, the Chinese domestic security apparatus has expanded
dramatically.“Stability maintenance” operations have become a top priority for local Chinese …

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 …

This paper shows why corruption is especially difficult to detect under China's system of
decentralized authoritarian rule, which I call a “rule of mandates.” Local officials must pursue …

This book introduces four waves of upsurge in digital activism and cyberconflict. The rise of
digital activism started in 1994, was transformed by the events of 9/11, culminated in 2011 …

The implementation of China's reform era target-based cadre evaluation system has
instigated various types of gaming behaviour on the part of local officials. How do these …

Over the last decade, C hinese citizens, judges, and prosecutors have started to take action
against industrial pollution, pluralizing a regulatory landscape originally occupied by …