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Riots And Cover-Ups: Counterproductive Control Of Local Agents In China, Carl F. Minzner
Riots And Cover-Ups: Counterproductive Control Of Local Agents In China, Carl F. Minzner
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Chinese cadre responsibility systems are a core element of Chinese law and governance. These top-down personnel systems set concrete target goals linked to official salaries and career advancement. Judges and courts face annual targets for permissible numbers of mediated, reversed, and closed cases; Communist Party secretaries and government bureaus face similar targets for allowable numbers of protests, traffic accidents, and mine disasters. For many local Chinese officials, these targets have a much more direct impact on their behavior than do formal legal and regulatory norms.
This Article argues that Chinese authorities are dependent on responsibility systems, particularly their use of …