From Economic Elites to Political Elites: private entrepreneurs in the People's Political Consultative Conference

Chen, Minglu

doi:10.1080/10670564.2014.975952

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“…Apart from issues of general concern such as the environment, food security, and the provision of public goods, and issues related to the lifestyle of the economic elites (lack of parking spaces, problems of gated communities, etc. ), nearly a fifth (28 of 144) of the submissions were concerned with measures to promote and push private-sector development, most notably private investment in state monopoly sectors, access to loans, industrial innovation, the institutionalization of private property rights, and the creation of more channels to allow entrepreneurs to assert their opinions and influence the political process (Chen, 2015). 10 Our own research confirms these observations.…”

Section: Collective Action In Formal Organizationssupporting

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Weapons of the Rich: Strategic Behavior and Collective Action of Private Entrepreneurs in China

Heberer

Schubert

2018

Modern China

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This article, the product of several years of extensive fieldwork, seeks to reinvigorate the debate on China’s private entrepreneurs by arguing that they have become a “strategic group” within the Chinese polity. While they do not openly challenge the current regime, they continuously alter the power balance within the current regime coalition, which connects them to the party-state at all administrative levels. As the future of Chinese socialism depends on the sound development of the private-sector economy and, therefore, on the promotion of private entrepreneurship, it can be expected that entrepreneurial influence within the regime coalition will rise, with inevitable consequences for regime legitimacy and stability.

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Section: Collective Action In Formal Organizationssupporting

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Weapons of the Rich: Strategic Behavior and Collective Action of Private Entrepreneurs in China

Heberer

Schubert

2018

Modern China

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“…Unlike businessperson sons with cadre fathers, who may be accused of taking advantage of political capital in exchange for economic benefits, 13 the combination of businessperson parents and cadre children creates less temptation with regard to economic and political interests. Under the current political framework in China, market elites can use their channels in the state agency (e.g., People's Congress, People's Political Consultative Conference, the Association of Industry and Commerce, and even the Party Congress) to secure political status for themselves or their families (Chen 2015;Dickson 2008;Lu 2014). At the local level, some entrepreneurs are even given a (ceremonial) deputy position in the local government to reward their work (Zhang 2016).…”

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“…Walder (2002) and Wu (2006) argue that the chance of cadre members becoming entrepreneurs has been decreasing over time, whereas others contend that political elites are more likely to turn into corporate entrepreneurs (Rona-Tas 1994). Moreover, the significance of higher education for the status attainment of entrepreneurs has increased (Chen 2015;Lu 2017). Other researchers, however, hold that the inherence of pro-business family culture is the key to understanding the reproduction of market elites (Wu 2008).…”

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Cadre parents and their entrepreneur children? The dual-track intergenerational reproduction of elites in China: 1978–2010

Lü

Fan

2021

J. Chin. Sociol.

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This article documents and conceptualizes a mode of reproduction of elites in a society in transition from state domination to market orientation. By focusing on China’ marketization, we explore how parents’ advantageous backgrounds have influenced the chance of their children’s attainment of certain elite positions (administrative, technocratic, or market) and whether these patterns have varied across three periods (1978–1992, 1993–2002, and 2003–2010). Using data obtained from the 2011 China Social Survey, we find that although parents’ advantageous status has a persistent effect on children’s status attainment, the reproduction of the state elite and market elite still follows two separate tracks: the children of cadres do not show significant advantage in the process of becoming entrepreneurs and managerial elites, and the children of entrepreneurial and managerial elites are less likely to join cadres. We also find that the effects of the reproduction model are still enhanced and shaped by state power in different periods. These findings demonstrate the important interplay between family background and contextual inequality and give a deeper understanding of the different trajectories of elites in contemporary China.

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“…By and large, it can be claimed that the general style of policymaking in China is becoming more open and plural, and barriers to entry have been lowered (Mertha ; Wang ; Joseph ). More policy actors than ever have access to influence the process of decision‐making by various ways like policy consultant, public movement, policy lobbying and individual complaints (Li ; Chen ; Kriesi et al ; Efird et al ). Additionally, with the advance of political and economic reforms in the last few decades, particular policy department and local authority in the political system enjoy more autonomy (Nathan ; Li ).…”

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The Framework of Crisis‐Induced Agenda Setting in China

Liu

Chan

2018

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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The extent by which public agenda influences policy agenda indicates the degree of democracy in a regime. However, few researchers have drawn their attention on authoritarian regimes like China. This article investigates how the government addresses the demands of the public during a crisis at the policy agenda level. This paper dissects five patterns of agenda setting, namely, agenda-as-usual, symbolic agenda, conflicting agenda, mass campaign (or competing agenda) and authority domination (or hidden agenda) with real case examples in contemporary China. Ultimately, the evolution of various types of agenda setting provides us with a horizon to understand subtly yet significantly changes in the Chinese policymaking and political system with special focus on competing agenda and hidden agenda because such level of political sensitivity can rarely be found in democratic systems. Meanwhile, the comparison among these agendas would inspire authoritative governments such as China to exploit a crisis.

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From Economic Elites to Political Elites: private entrepreneurs in the People's Political Consultative Conference

Cited by 33 publications

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Weapons of the Rich: Strategic Behavior and Collective Action of Private Entrepreneurs in China

Weapons of the Rich: Strategic Behavior and Collective Action of Private Entrepreneurs in China

Cadre parents and their entrepreneur children? The dual-track intergenerational reproduction of elites in China: 1978–2010

The Framework of Crisis‐Induced Agenda Setting in China

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