2019
DOI: 10.1017/s0305741019001504
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Bureaucratic Slack in China: The Anti-corruption Campaign and the Decline of Patronage Networks in Developing Local Economies

Abstract: This article presents a qualitative empirical study of the impact of corruption and anti-corruption on the efficiency of China's bureaucratic system in developing a local economy. Drawing on 40 in-depth interviews and 98 days of participant observation, it first investigates the significance of extravagant position-related consumption in building personalized bureaucratic ties (patronage networks) and mobilizing resources for local economic development. It then examines the causal link between President Xi's c… Show more

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“…Officials convicted of offences can face oral or written reprimands, demotion, relief of duties and, in more serious cases, criminal charges. In some cases, the system's overemphasis on punishment has increased officials' behaviours of evading, avoiding, or shifting responsibilities (Wang & Yan, 2019). The system's original purpose of improving responsibilities can result in evasion of responsibilities-a phenomenon known as 'accountability paradox' (Wang, 2014).…”
Section: An Unexpected Effect Of the Systemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Officials convicted of offences can face oral or written reprimands, demotion, relief of duties and, in more serious cases, criminal charges. In some cases, the system's overemphasis on punishment has increased officials' behaviours of evading, avoiding, or shifting responsibilities (Wang & Yan, 2019). The system's original purpose of improving responsibilities can result in evasion of responsibilities-a phenomenon known as 'accountability paradox' (Wang, 2014).…”
Section: An Unexpected Effect Of the Systemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One common form of corruption/lobbying is inviting governmental officials to lavish banquets with excessive consumption of food and drinks (e.g. Köbis et al., 2015, p. 5; Wang & Yan, 2019). Corrupt politicians frequenting such banquets might risk gaining extra weight.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Under Xi, the central state waged an unprecedented anti-corruption campaign (Ang, 2020) and re-established the leadership and ideology for the CPC and the country (The Economist, 2022). Therefore, the operation of the policymaking regime and its relationship with the private sector, and more broadly the production regime, has changed significantly (Wang and Yan, 2020;Wei et al, 2022). In this regard, it may take some time for scholars to carefully observe these changes and include them in the analysis-or extend the model-when the new dynamics amongst the three regimes in the period after 2012 become more clarified.…”
Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%