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  • Chapter 6 - All the King’s Men

  • Yuen Yuen Ang, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Book:
    China's Gilded Age
    Published online:
    08 May 2020
    Print publication:
    28 May 2020, pp 153-179

  • Summary

    How will this crackdown affect China’s economic and political prospects? Chapter 6, “All the King’s Men,” examines the determinants of downfall among city-level leaders during Xi’s campaign. My analysis finds a remarkably high turnover rate, indicating extraordinarily stressful conditions and heightened political risks for local leaders. In addition, I find that patronage, not performance, predicts the likelihood of downfall. Facing harsh scrutiny, volatility, and mounting demands, bureaucrats feel paralyzed, precipitating a new problem in Chinese politics – inaction.