State power and social organization in China

Shue, Vivienne

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“…The emphasis on community based projects is not only due to the direct benefit that such projects have of providing citizens with public goods, but also due to the perceived indirect benefit of building trust and cooperation so as to facilitate future community based activities (Hadenius andUggla 1996, Fox 1994). And while Mancur Olson (1971) would have argued that the collective action problem would restrict the success of community based activities, empirical and experimental research has shown us otherwise (see for example Wade 1988, Ostrom 2000, Camerer 2003, Frey 1994Krishna 2002, Baker 2005, Hadenius and Uggla 1996, Bratton 1994, Shue 1994, Meinzen-Dick et al 2002. Collective action theories, over the last few decades, have come to acknowledge that individuals' preferences are not homogenous, rather they vary depending on the society the individual resides in as preferences are shaped by societal interactions (see for example , Ostrom and Ahn 2009, Camerer 2003, Blomquist 1992).…”

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Collective Action, Clientelism, and Connectivity

Shami

2012

Am Polit Sci Rev

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Collective Action, Clientelism, and Connectivity

Shami

2012

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“…To what extent do the organizations merely mask government control? Recent research on the civil societies in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Asia has started to ask these important questions (e.g., Ekiert & Kubik, 1999;Frolic, 1997;Shue, 1997;Stroschein, 2002;Toprak, 1996;Wiktorowicz, 2000).…”

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Civic Responsibility and Patterns of Voluntary Participation Around the World

Haddad

2006

Comparative Political Studies

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This article seeks to explain why different types of volunteer organizations are prevalent in different countries. It hypothesizes that patterns of volunteer participation are a function of citizen attitudes toward governmental and individual responsibility for caring for society. Those countries (e.g., Japan)—where citizens think that governments should be responsible for dealing with social problems—will tend to have higher participation in embedded volunteer organizations, such as parent-teacher associations. Those countries (e.g., the United States)—where citizens think that individuals should take responsibility for dealing with social problems—will tend to have more participation in nonembedded, organizations, such as Greenpeace. These hypotheses are tested statistically using membership data from eight organizations in 68 countries. Alternative explanations, such as levels of income, education, urbanization, and prevalence of working women, are also tested. Citizen attitudes about individual and governmental responsibility are best able to explain the prevalence of different types of volunteer organizations found in different countries.

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“…No wonder then that it becomes increasingly difficult to govern either legitimately or effectively. 24 In the late 1970s, the Deng Xiaoping leadership began to shift its emphasis to economics as a way of reorganizing the country. 25 In the 1980s, China achieved high rates of economic growth by expanding its market space.…”

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Interest Representation and the Transformation of the Chinese Communist Party

Zheng

2002

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At the 80th anniversary celebration of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on 1 July 2001, Jiang Zemin called on the party to admit into its ranks of 'outstanding social elements' of private entrepreneurs, professionals, technical and managerial personnel from non-state firms and MNCs. Party ideologues, however, have raised a great hue and cry. In order to establish his political legacy, the CCP leadership has intensified the campaign to educate its cadres and members. Reform and development have bourgeoisified and benefited many party members and cadres. Jiang's public support of the capitalists is not going against the tide but is a recognition of reality instead. In fact, to continue to grow and expand, the party must embrace the better educated and the most enterprising in society. The capitalists within the party will certainly be catalysts to quicken the transformation of the party. In its attempt to admit capitalists, has the CCP unknowingly let in the Trojan horse? Jiang Zemin's original aim may have been to strengthen the party-state by broadening its social base. And as the party metamorphoses, perhaps into a kind of social democratic party, Jiang will be favourably judged for paving the way for such a metamorphosis. Nevertheless, it is not an easy transition: insurmountable difficulties lie ahead for the party leadership.

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State power and social organization in China

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Collective Action, Clientelism, and Connectivity

Collective Action, Clientelism, and Connectivity

Civic Responsibility and Patterns of Voluntary Participation Around the World

Interest Representation and the Transformation of the Chinese Communist Party

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