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The grid management system in contemporary China: Grass-roots governance in social surveillance and service provision
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How should we understand the formation of the grid management system (网格化管理) of grass-roots governance in China? In this article, I argue that the grid system is an extension of existing governance structures. Facing conflicting central messaging, local grid development encountered isomorphic pressures, leading grids to resemble higher-level administration and to inherit a top–down and stability-focused mode of operation. To support this argument, I analyse five aspects: shifts in elite-level...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1177/0920203x211011565
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- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
- Journal:
- China Information More from this journal
- Volume:
- 36
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 3–22
- Publication date:
- 2021-05-02
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1741-590X
- ISSN:
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0920-203X
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English
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1246841
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pubs:1246841
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2022-03-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Jean Christopher Mittelstaedt
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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- © The Author(s) 2021. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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