Supply and Support for Grassroots Political Reform in Rural China
In: Journal of Chinese political science, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 169-190
ISSN: 1874-6357
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In: Journal of Chinese political science, Band 15, Heft 2, S. 169-190
ISSN: 1874-6357
In: Journal of contemporary China, Band 18, Heft 60, S. 391-395
ISSN: 1469-9400
In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 57, Heft 3, S. 517-536
ISSN: 1467-9248
Literature on public opinion in China suggests that public support for the Chinese Communist party (CCP) is quite high. No matter how survey questions regarding regime support are phrased, the results are the same. The obvious question arises: how does an authoritarian regime, such as the PRC, garner the support of the vast majority of its citizens? I argue that the exposure-acceptance model best explains the high level of public support in China. This model suggests that educated citizens, who are politically aware, display high levels of political support within an authoritarian regime, but citizens at the highest levels of education are more resistant to political messages and tend to have lower levels of support. However, in a developing country such as China there are unequal educational opportunities for rural and urban citizens. This has a significant influence on how education affects regime support. Despite lower levels of support among the most educated citizens, the CCP still manages to maintain a high level of popular support through strict control over the media and education system.
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In: The China quarterly, Band 189, S. 43-59
ISSN: 1468-2648
Over the last decade, there have been numerous reports of rural discontent and unrest over excessive local taxes and fees known as villagers' burdens. In response, the central government enacted the tax-for-fee reform (TFR) in 2002 that abolished local fees levied on individuals and rural households in favour of a single agricultural tax. In addition the central government has announced plans to eliminate the agricultural tax as well after 2006. The aim of the TFR is to streamline local revenue collection and establish a more transparent and efficient provision of services. The immediate result, however, is a dramatic reduction in the autonomy of township governments as well as the provision of local services. Poorer townships have become more dependent on county government for revenues, and these townships function more like county administrative units than local self-governments. Moreover, many services have also been cut due to a lack of local revenues. In north-west China, there has been a sharp decline in the provision of educational and medical services. The solution is an increase in county remittances, but these are slow and uneven, and the combination of reduced autonomy and services has produced a number of "administrative shells" at the township level. If the inefficacy continues, then there may be even greater rural discontent and unrest over the loss of basic services than there was over increasing villagers' burdens.
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 5, Heft 1
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: Systems research and behavioral science: the official journal of the International Federation for Systems Research, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 275-288
ISSN: 1099-1743
In: The China quarterly, Heft 189, S. 44-59
ISSN: 1468-2648
In: The China quarterly: an international journal for the study of China, Band 189, S. 43-59
ISSN: 0305-7410, 0009-4439
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 199-200
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 199
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: The China quarterly: an international journal for the study of China, Heft 189, S. 43-59
ISSN: 0305-7410, 0009-4439
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In: Bulletin of the atomic scientists, Band 63, Heft 1, S. 84-84
ISSN: 1938-3282
In: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Band 63, Heft 1, S. 84-84
In: Pacific affairs, Band 77, Heft 3, S. 557-558
ISSN: 0030-851X
Kennedy reviews MUTUAL EMPOWERMENT OF STATE AND PEASANTRY: Village Self-Government in Rural China by Xu Wang.