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In this talk\, Xueguang summarizes the main findings from his decade-long r esearch on the institutional logic of governance in contemporary China. He argues that there is a fundamental tension in governing China—the tension b etween the centralization of authority and effective\, local governance. Ov er time\, the Chinese state has evolved with a series of governance mechani sms in response to these tensions\, namely\, variable coupling between the central authority and local governments\; the symbiotic relationship betwee n formal and informal institutions\; the ritualization of the official ideo logy\; and campaign-style mobilization. These governance mechanisms are ref lected in and induce a distinct set of institutional arrangements and organ izational behaviors in the Chinese bureaucracy\, such as shifting modes of governance\, patterns of bargaining\, collusive behaviors among local gover nments and cycles of centralization and decentralization. Understanding the logic of governance helps better understand the governance practice in con temporary China.
Xueguang Zhou is the Kwoh-Ting Li P rofessor in Economic Development\, a professor of sociology and a senior fe llow at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford Univ ersity. His main area of research is institutional changes in contemporary Chinese society\, focusing on Chinese organizations and management\, social inequality\, and state-society relationships. His recent publications incl ude: “The Chinese bureaucracy in three lenses: Weberian\, Confucian\, and M archian” (Management and Organizations 2022)\, and a book titled The Logic of Governance in China: An Organizational Approach (Cambridge University Pr ess 2022). His ongoing research projects focus on (1) personnel flow and pe rsonnel management practice in the Chinese bureaucracy\; (2) historical ori gins and evolution of institutions of governance in China.
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