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Bribery as a third path to power? : political selection in China beyond performance and patronage / Jiangnan Zhu
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zhu, Jiangnan, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in Chinese economy and governance
- Cambridge elements. Elements in Chinese economy and governance, 2976-5625
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bribery--China.
- Bribery.
- Political corruption--China.
- Political corruption.
- China--Politics and government--1949-.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
- Summary:
- "While bribery has been extensively studied, the dynamics of personnel corruption in the public sector, often known as 'buying and selling of government offices,' remain underexplored. This form of corruption involves leaders' accepting or soliciting bribes from subordinates to influence recruitment, appointment, and promotion decisions, significantly impacting political selection and governance quality. This Element employs a dual perspective – corruption and elite mobility – to analyze the distribution of office-selling across the Chinese administrative matrix and its various forms and implications. Using two novel self-compiled datasets, it proposes a tripartite framework of performance, patronage, and purchase to reimagine political selection in China, highlighting the coexistence of multiple governance models: a meritocratic state prioritizing competence, a clientelist state emphasizing loyalty, and an investment state bound by money"-- Cambridge Core
- Contents:
- Introduction : why study buying and selling offices?
- Landscape : how widespread are the offices put up for sale?
- Typology : how does the sale of offices work?
- Causes : why is buying and selling offices possible?
- Purchase versus performance and patronage : a third paradigm?
- Restart the party : how central authorities combat personnel corruption
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed May 19, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Zhu, Jiangnan Bribery as a third path to power?
- ISBN:
- 9781009471978
- 100947197X
- 9781009471961
- 1009471961
- OCLC:
- 1585501526
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000374337
- Access Restriction:
- Some versions: Open access versions available from some providers open access
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