State and Agents in China : Disciplining Government Officials

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cai, Yongshun.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Misconduct in office--China.

Misconduct in office.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Place of Publication:

Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chinese government officials have played a crucial role in China's economic development, but they are also responsible for severe problems, including environmental pollution, violation of citizens' rights, failure in governance, and corruption. How does the Chinese Party-state respond when a government official commits a duty-related malfeasance or criminal activity? And how does it balance the potential political costs of disciplining its own agents versus the loss of legitimacy in tolerating their misdeeds? State and Agents in China explores how the party-state addresses this dilemma, uncover...

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Figures and tables

Acknowledgments

One. Introduction

Two. Government officials’ malfeasance in china

Three. The politics of disciplining government officials

Four. Disciplining officials for duty-related malfeasance

Five. Punishing corrupt agents

Six. The politics of blame avoidance

Seven. Reform-minded officials, state tolerance, and institutional change

Eight. Conclusion

Appendix

Appendix 3.1: collection of 111 cases of media exposure

Appendix 3.2: collection of 133 cases of officials’ duty-related malfeasance

Appendix 4.1: cases of the disciplining of cadres in conflict management

Appendix 5.1: cases of the disciplining of 1,012 officials

Appendix 5.2 Cases of high-ranking officials given serious legal punishment (n = 41)

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

9780804793520

0804793522

OCLC:

1198930902