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The electoral connection in the Chinese countryside

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Manion, M
Published in: American Political Science Review
January 1, 1996

A 1987 law established popularly elected milage committees in the Chinese countryside. This article analyzes a unique set of survey data to describe and explain the connection between village leaders and those who choose them, in terms of orientation to the role of the state in the economy. It compares positions of village leaders with positions of respondents sampled from their selectorates of township-level leaders and electorates of ordinary villagers. Results of multivariate regression analyses indicate that: (1) village leaders are responsive to both old and newly emerging constituencies, as reflected in significant congruence between village leaders and their selectorates above and electorates below; (2) congruence between village leaders and their electorates is not exclusively the result of shared local environment, informal influence or socialization but is significantly associated with the electoral process; and (3) the causal mechanism underlying the electoral connection in the Chinese countryside is the familiar one of voter choice.

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American Political Science Review

DOI

EISSN

1537-5943

ISSN

0003-0554

Publication Date

January 1, 1996

Volume

90

Issue

4

Start / End Page

736 / 748

Related Subject Headings

  • Political Science & Public Administration
  • 4408 Political science
  • 1606 Political Science
 

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Manion, M. (1996). The electoral connection in the Chinese countryside. American Political Science Review, 90(4), 736–748. https://doi.org/10.2307/2945839
Manion, M. “The electoral connection in the Chinese countryside.” American Political Science Review 90, no. 4 (January 1, 1996): 736–48. https://doi.org/10.2307/2945839.
Manion M. The electoral connection in the Chinese countryside. American Political Science Review. 1996 Jan 1;90(4):736–48.
Manion, M. “The electoral connection in the Chinese countryside.” American Political Science Review, vol. 90, no. 4, Jan. 1996, pp. 736–48. Scopus, doi:10.2307/2945839.
Manion M. The electoral connection in the Chinese countryside. American Political Science Review. 1996 Jan 1;90(4):736–748.
Journal cover image

Published In

American Political Science Review

DOI

EISSN

1537-5943

ISSN

0003-0554

Publication Date

January 1, 1996

Volume

90

Issue

4

Start / End Page

736 / 748

Related Subject Headings

  • Political Science & Public Administration
  • 4408 Political science
  • 1606 Political Science