The Microfoundations of Authoritarian Responsiveness
Social unrest is on the rise in China, but the CCP apparently enjoys the consent of the majority of its people. How can extraordinary high rates of public support be…
Why does China Have Internet? Contagion, contingency and strategy in China’s ICT management
By the end of 2015, every second Chinese will have access to the Internet. The ability of an increasing number of Chinese people to communicate and consume online has inspired…
Precarious Work Relations and Social Unrest in China: Insights from 40.000 protest accounts [in German]
Prekäre Arbeitsverhältnisse sind ein integraler Bestandteil des chinesischen Entwicklungsmodells. Chinas im Durchschnitt zweistelliges Wirtschaftswachstum zwischen 1978 und 2010 beruht zu einem wesentlichen Bestandteil auf der systematischen Ausnutzung von Entwicklungs- und…
Taiwan Process Tracing Report
UNDERSTANDING GOVERNANCE VIRTUOUS CIRCLES: WHO SUCCEEDED AND WHY International Conference, 8-12 July, Berlin link to conference agenda link to presentation
Anticorruption in Taiwan: Process-tracing report
ERCAS Working Paper 06/2015 Since Taiwan became democratic in 1992 and especially after the change in ruling parties in 2000, the passage of new laws and the reform of existing…
Innovation Society China? Political and Economic Challenges [in German]
in: Fischer, Doris/Müller-Hofstede, Christoph: Länderbericht China. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung 2015, pp.573-606 Die Volksrepublik China ist längst zur Weltmacht aufgestiegen. Entwicklungen und Entscheidungen in China wirken sich spürbar in anderen…