This dissertation studies a critical facet of Chinese politics, inspections by higher Chinese government to villages. Principally, it looks at how village economic development determines government inspection decisions and how inspections, once conducted, impact village politics. Specifically, I argue that villages perceived as destabilizing to the Chinese regime, villages with higher levels of economic inequality and villages located at the two extremes of economic development, should see more inspections. In addition, I argue that inspections, in return, drive village politics: they increase village leaders' governing efficacy and raise villagers' political awareness. This theory has received strong support from both field work and quantitative empirical tests using the Chinese Household Income Project (2002) dataset.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1011819 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Xi, Jinrui |
| Contributors | Mason, David, Ishiyama, John, Maeda, Ko, Paolino, Philip |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 130 pages, Text |
| Coverage | China, 2002~ |
| Rights | Public, Xi, Jinrui, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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