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UNINA9910787250203321 |
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Autore |
Cai Yongshun |
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State and Agents in China [[electronic resource] ] : Disciplining Government Officials |
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Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Misconduct in office - China |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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... |
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