Sleeping with the enemy: A dynamic model of declining political commitment in state socialism

Νεε, Victor; Peng, Lian

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“…Nee and Lian's (1994) opportunism model captures some features of an embourgeoisement process through which administrative and managerial cadres give up political commitments in order to catch opportunities in a growing marketplace. So (2003) argues that the statist society is the trademark of China's reforms and that only the cadres were in a historically strategic position to develop a capitalist economy.…”

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Occupation, Class, and Social Networks in Urban China

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China's class structure is changing dramatically in the wake ofpost-1978 marketoriented economic reforms. The creation ofa mixed "market-socialist" economy has eroded the institutional bases of a cadre-dominated social hierarchy and created conditions for a new pattern of social stratification. Although conditions remain dynamic, results of a 1998 urban survey that measured strength and diversity of social ties among 400 households in four of China's largest cities documented networks ofsocial exchange among 13 occupation-based classes that identify a class structure distinct from the cadre-dominated social hierarchy of the Mao era. In particular, analysis of visiting during the Lunar New Year celebration suggests an urban society simultaneously divided along two axes: one by economic success in the more privatized economy and one by distinctions in political authority at the workplace. Thus contrary to those who privilege market transactions as the primary engine for creating a new class hierarchy, we conclude that to understand processes of social stratification one needs theories and methods that work simultaneously with multiple dynamics of class differentiation rather than presuming linear hierarchy.

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Occupation, Class, and Social Networks in Urban China

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“…This consensus has its roots not only in history but also in contemporary thought. Socialism centered on state ownership was once thought to be the key to higher rates of economic growth, but the competition between the socialist and the capitalist worlds provided decisive evidence that this version of socialism could not outperform capitalism (Nee and Lian 1994). The fast growth of the four East Asian Tigers was a particularly painful fact for the Chinese leadership to swallow.…”

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Regional Inequality in China

2009

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Urban elites and their relative income levels are windows on the emerging socioeconomic order in China. The most recent developments examine why political elites pursue market opportunities (Nee and Lian, 1994), how political and professional elites entail distinct pathways of career

Conducting a trend analysis with 1988 and 1995 national surveys of urban China, we found that political, administrative, and managerial elites maintained consistently higher levels of income relative to professional elites, but this applied mainly to a monopoly sector of industries that were restricted to state operation.…”

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Urban Elites and Income Differential in China: 1988–1995

Bian

Zhang

2004

Japanese Journal of Political Science

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Urban elites and their relative income levels are windows on the emerging socioeconomic order in China. We add to the research literature a new view that economic sectors are the institutional contexts in which different elites seek their material gains. Conducting a trend analysis with 1988 and 1995 national surveys of urban China, we found that political, administrative, and managerial elites maintained consistently higher levels of income relative to professional elites, but this applied mainly to a monopoly sector of industries that were restricted to state operation.Managers in the open industry sector that allowed for free entry and exile experienced income declines relative to professionals within the sector, even though the former had moderately higher income levels than the latter in 1988 and 1995. All elite groups in the monopoly sector retained higher incomes than their counterparts in the open sector in 1995, but not necessarily in 1988.Urban elites and their material compensation have been at the core of a theory about social class in state socialism. Djilas's (1957) and Szelényi's (1978Szelényi's ( , 1983 early works inspired an interest in 'socialist redistributive elite' in Communist regimes. The most recent developments examine why political elites pursue market opportunities (Nee and Lian, 1994), how political and professional elites entail distinct pathways of career

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Sleeping with the enemy: A dynamic model of declining political commitment in state socialism

Cited by 59 publications

References 30 publications

Occupation, Class, and Social Networks in Urban China

Occupation, Class, and Social Networks in Urban China

Regional Inequality in China

Urban Elites and Income Differential in China: 1988–1995

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