21 research outputs found
Corruption and Anti-Corruption Upside Down. 17 - Conclusion.
No full textWhat are the lessons from the Global South on the limitations of corruption studies as a field? How can global responses tocorruption that have historically been driven by advanced economies benefit from the Global South’s experience? This concluding chapter highlights insights and lessons learned from the Global South on how to face common global challenges, including increased tolerance toward corruption, failed reforms, backlashes in anti-corruption mechanisms, and reduced impact of bottom-up action. Based on the reflections and empirical data offered by the contributors to this edited volume, this chapter identifies certain components of a critical approach to corruption studies. There is an urgent need to address the knowledge asymmetry and lack of both reflexivity and cosmopolitanism that currently prevail in the field
Corruption and Anti-Corruption Upside Down: New Perspectives from the Global South. 1 - Introduction
No full textThe introductory chapter presents the main objectives of this edited volume, which are to enrich discussions and broaden conceptual horizons in corruption studies by presenting an in-depth analysis of corruption in the Global South, both from its own perspective and from a critical approach to more Northern-centric views. It also discusses how a multidisciplinary approach to corruption, by focusing on cases from the Global South, can be a source of empirical and theoretical knowledge to advance the decolonization of the good governance agenda more broadly. We understand decolonization in international corruption studies involving two broad tasks. The first is to disentangle the “international” from explicit and implicit Global North-dominated hierarchies and dichotomies that normalize the position of advanced economies as the benchmark for “the rest.” The second task is to illuminate and experiment with concepts, theories, perspectives, and methodologies that come from the Global South, including a systematic emphasis on gender. This introduction also presents the outline of the book, detailing what to expect from each chapter
Corruption and Anti-Corruption Upside Down: New Perspectives from the Global South
No full textThis volume presents diverse perspectives on corruption and anti-corruption efforts, analyzing the topic from various angles while avoiding preconceived solutions for such a complex and contextual phenomenon. By emphasizing the significance of unique challenges and contexts in different countries, this book challenges traditional understandings of anti-corruption efforts. Its goal is to foster innovative approaches that fundamentally reframe the conventional understanding of corruption and its solutions. To turn the conventional understanding of corruption and its solutions upside down, authors from or based in the Global North promote critical reflection and reevaluation of existing frameworks and approaches and those from or based in the Global South share their own perspectives on corruption and anti-corruption measures. By incorporating multiple voices, the book encourages a comprehensive understanding of corruption's multifaceted nature. It also fosters dialogue and idea exchange, contributing to the global conversation on effective approaches to combat corruption and promote integrity in the Global South
“Keep the Party Assured and the Youth [Not] Satisfied”: The Communist Youth League and Chinese University Students
No full text The Communist Youth League (CYL) has attempted to engage and respond to student interests and demands by expanding its channels for participation and consultation and by deepening its involvement in the provision of welfare services. Based on qualitative and quantitative research conducted in five universities in Beijing and Zhejiang province, this article evaluates the league’s engagement with its “constituency” on campus by bringing together the perspectives of both ordinary students and CYL cadres. Placing this case in a wider discussion of “authoritarian resilience” that seeks to understand the effectiveness of the Chinese regime’s institutional sources of support, the article demonstrates that despite initiatives promoting responsiveness, students exhibit an even more cynical stance on both the league’s newfound inclusivity and efficiency. CYL cadres occupy a weak position in the academic, generational, and political hierarchies on campus, a situation that compromises the league’s potential for a renewed and more responsive engagement with students. </jats:p
(De)mobilising and (mis)representing ‘youth’ in the Chinese workplace: political dependency, generational subordination and corporatisation in the Communist Youth League
No full textThe Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) youth organisation, the Communist Youth League (CYL, League), has an extensive grassroots network and approximately twelve million members in public and partially state-owned sectors of the economy, as well as a political mandate to promote ‘youth’ interests at work. This article examines the League’s operation in the Chinese workplace by analyzing qualitative data collected during fieldwork in twelve different sites in Beijing and Zhejiang province. It was hypothesised that as League organisations are under pressure to represent youth-specific demands, their response would be similar to the Trade Unions, which try to simultaneously remain loyal to pro-management Party committees and act as grassroots channels for advocacy. The article finds that League cadres occupy junior positions in political, generational and workplace hierarchies resulting to their multifaceted subordination to more senior power holders present, namely the management, Party Committee and Union leadership. The institutionalised ‘juniority’ of cadres creates strong disincentives for pro-youth employee initiatives and leads to the disarticulation of a distinctive ‘youth’ agenda. This institutional ‘gap’ in workplace representation has direct implications both for the welfare of young employees and for the future of industrial relations in China.</p
MODES OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES IN CHINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THEIR INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
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‘Purpose’ and the Adaptation of Authoritarian Institutions:The Case of China’s State Feminist Organization
No full textThis article examines the All China Women’s Federation’s “women’s work” (funv gongzuo) since 1978 and offers a new analytical explanation of its mixed record of success and failure. It is argued that the ACWF has undergone a process of adaptation that is driven by the agency of its cadres, who have succeeded in institutionalizing purposive incentives for pro-women action in the Federation. Cadres have engaged with academic discourses on gender and have socialized with women’s organizations and the international feminist movement. This process has created a space within the ACWF where pro-women work can develop and influence policy-making without challenging the Federation’s dependency to the Party. The resulting duality of the ACWF, as purposeful cadre agency-driven initiatives coexist with the regime’s conservative policy priorities and campaigns, explains the Federation’s successes as well as its many contradictions and important limitations. The case of the ACWF demonstrates that cadre agency is an important, yet frequently overlooked, variable informing the adaptation of authoritarian institutions.</p
