Township-level Positions in the Chinese Bureaucracy: A Study on Tenure and Personnel Mobility Patterns
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- Abstract
- As the lowest level of government in the Chinese bureaucracy, Township-level government serves as the link both between the state and the society and between urban cities and rural villages. Using the personnel records of the bureaucrats at and beyond the township level among 13 Chinese counties between 1990 and 2012, this thesis studies the structural relationships of the township-level government in the Chinese bureaucracy to understand the interaction pattern among the governments in different townships and between the township- and the upper-level governments. Specifically, this thesis examines 1) the structural characteristic of the township-level government reflected in the tenure of township-level positions; 2) the structural relationships of the township-level government reflected in the personnel mobility; and 3) how the tenure and personnel mobility shape the social relationships among township- and upper-level bureaucrats. This thesis quantitatively reveals the formal organizational rules and patterns at the lowest levels of the Chinese bureaucracy.
Description
Type of resource | text |
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Date created | August 20, 2021 |
Date modified | December 5, 2022 |
Publication date | August 23, 2021 |
Creators/Contributors
Author | Sui, Yuze | |
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Degree granting institution | Stanford University, Stanford Global Studies, Center for East Asian Studies | |
Thesis advisor | Zhou, Xueguang |
Subjects
Subject | East Asian Studies |
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Subject | China |
Subject | Bureaucracy |
Subject | Social sciences > Network analysis |
Genre | Text |
Genre | Thesis |
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- Sui, Y. (2021). Township-level Positions in the Chinese Bureaucracy: A Study on Tenure and Personnel Mobility Patterns. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/nw797pr0437
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