Jieren Hu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3598290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jieren Hu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jieren |
| FAMILY NAME | Hu |
| SIGNATURE | HU J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tongji University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8075-6988 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
‘Smart court’ and digital judicialism in China
How has digital technology been applied to the operation of courts and dispute resolution in authoritarian regimes? Drawing on ethnographic research on the construction of the ‘smart court’ in China, this article explores the impact of digital technology on the judicial system and dispute resolution through the prototypical cases of the ‘shared court’ and the ‘One Network of Courts Nationwide’, which operate, respectively, outside and inside the …
Legalized Governance in China
Control Through the State of Exception
To understand the mechanism of social governance employed to facilitate surveillance and exert control over popular contention and organized opposition in the People's Republic of China by and beyond the law, we introduce the concept of "rightful control". Based on a theoretical exploration illustrated by typical cases, we examine the impact of the legal and political order constraining opposition in China. We show that the flexible use of inform…
"Whole-Process People’s Democracy" in China
Digital Governance in China
Drawing on intensive fieldwork conducted in China from 2019 to 2022, this article argues that the Chinese Communist Party is now widely applying a mode of digital governance to contain social grievances and strengthen social stability. Although digital technology itself does help facilitate dispute resolution and stability maintenance by more effectively defusing collective actions and preventing/settling social disputes, the political system and…
Political Discourse in Chinese Urban Community
China’s urban community is an important venue to examine the function of political discourse. Drawing on the theory of strategic action field, this article regards community as a field where officials act as incumbents, citizens as challengers, and the political discourse as an internal governance unit. The empirical data from multiple cities demonstrates that political discourses have facilitated the incumbents with several pragmatic utilities s…
Emotional Mobilization of Chinese Veterans
Based on in-depth interviews of Chinese veterans and specifically focusing on the cadets in Shanghai, this article explores the mechanism of emotional mobilization of this highly organized contentious group vis-à-vis other disorganized and dispersive one such as labors and homeowners. It reveals that strong emotional ties with comrades in troops and the despondency brought about by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ineffective redress to their …
Social Media, State Control and Religious Freedom in China
With the development of social media and new information communication technology (ITC), state control imposed by authoritarian regimes over society has been challenged due to the media’s pressure on legislation, policy implementation and the mobilization of collective activism. Yet it does not mean the power of media is unlimited in the authoritarian context. Using China as a case, this article tries to point out the limitations of the media’s r…
Mediating state–society disputes in China
Where popular contention in China is concerned, third parties are not merely supporters of protesters but also allies of the state. Through quantitative and qualitative methods, this article uses an actor-centred perspective to explore the dual role of Chinese lawyers in state dispute resolution projects. When providing legal counselling services to the public, lawyers adopt selective strategies and channel non-political cases into legal channels…
Flexible Governance in China
This article finds that the innovative practice of involving social workers in settling petition disputes in Shanghai is a kind of “flexible governance” stressing affective care and multi-pronged means of dispute resolution to relieve petition pressures and maintain social stability in the authoritarian state
Selective Intervention in Dispute Resolution
The Chinese Communist Party faces a dilemma in local community governance, i.e. state intervention vs. community self-governance. Increased intervention violates its long-promoted social self-governance and undermines the regimes’ credibility and legitimacy, while less intervention may add to the risk of social instability and collective actions at the local level. Therefore, selective intervention is applied by local government as a rational cho…
Grand Mediation and Legitimacy Enhancement in Contemporary China—the Guang'an model
China has seen numerous instances of collective resistance in recent years. Suppression cannot stop popular resistance. It is also hard to solve all problems through the existing judicial system, administrative method or by social means. Based on a case study in Sichuan, this article studies the Grand Mediation (GM) mechanism in Guang'an as one of the ways in which the Chinese government chooses to build institutions and channel social grievances…
Grand Mediation in China
Grand mediation (GM) is a new concept raised currently in China that relies on mediation but links various social and governmental resources together aiming at resolving conflict more effectively. This paper examines the mechanism and application of GM. The quadripartite interaction reflects a low degree of judicial power in contrast to a high degree of the rule of politics
Flexible Governance in China
This article finds that the innovative practice of involving social workers in settling petition disputes in Shanghai is a kind of “flexible governance” stressing affective care and multi-pronged means of dispute resolution to relieve petition pressures and maintain social stability in the authoritarian state
Emotional Mobilization of Chinese Veterans
Based on in-depth interviews of Chinese veterans and specifically focusing on the cadets in Shanghai, this article explores the mechanism of emotional mobilization of this highly organized contentious group vis-à-vis other disorganized and dispersive one such as labors and homeowners. It reveals that strong emotional ties with comrades in troops and the despondency brought about by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ineffective redress to their …
Grand Mediation in China
Grand mediation (GM) is a new concept raised currently in China that relies on mediation but links various social and governmental resources together aiming at resolving conflict more effectively. This paper examines the mechanism and application of GM. The quadripartite interaction reflects a low degree of judicial power in contrast to a high degree of the rule of politics
"Whole-Process People’s Democracy" in China
Digital Governance in China
Drawing on intensive fieldwork conducted in China from 2019 to 2022, this article argues that the Chinese Communist Party is now widely applying a mode of digital governance to contain social grievances and strengthen social stability. Although digital technology itself does help facilitate dispute resolution and stability maintenance by more effectively defusing collective actions and preventing/settling social disputes, the political system and…
Mediating state–society disputes in China
Where popular contention in China is concerned, third parties are not merely supporters of protesters but also allies of the state. Through quantitative and qualitative methods, this article uses an actor-centred perspective to explore the dual role of Chinese lawyers in state dispute resolution projects. When providing legal counselling services to the public, lawyers adopt selective strategies and channel non-political cases into legal channels…
Selective Intervention in Dispute Resolution
The Chinese Communist Party faces a dilemma in local community governance, i.e. state intervention vs. community self-governance. Increased intervention violates its long-promoted social self-governance and undermines the regimes’ credibility and legitimacy, while less intervention may add to the risk of social instability and collective actions at the local level. Therefore, selective intervention is applied by local government as a rational cho…
Grand Mediation and Legitimacy Enhancement in Contemporary China—the Guang'an model
China has seen numerous instances of collective resistance in recent years. Suppression cannot stop popular resistance. It is also hard to solve all problems through the existing judicial system, administrative method or by social means. Based on a case study in Sichuan, this article studies the Grand Mediation (GM) mechanism in Guang'an as one of the ways in which the Chinese government chooses to build institutions and channel social grievances…
Social Media, State Control and Religious Freedom in China
With the development of social media and new information communication technology (ITC), state control imposed by authoritarian regimes over society has been challenged due to the media’s pressure on legislation, policy implementation and the mobilization of collective activism. Yet it does not mean the power of media is unlimited in the authoritarian context. Using China as a case, this article tries to point out the limitations of the media’s r…
Grand Mediation in China
Grand mediation (GM) is a new concept raised currently in China that relies on mediation but links various social and governmental resources together aiming at resolving conflict more effectively. This paper examines the mechanism and application of GM. The quadripartite interaction reflects a low degree of judicial power in contrast to a high degree of the rule of politics
Grand Mediation and Legitimacy Enhancement in Contemporary China—the Guang'an model
China has seen numerous instances of collective resistance in recent years. Suppression cannot stop popular resistance. It is also hard to solve all problems through the existing judicial system, administrative method or by social means. Based on a case study in Sichuan, this article studies the Grand Mediation (GM) mechanism in Guang'an as one of the ways in which the Chinese government chooses to build institutions and channel social grievances…
Selective Intervention in Dispute Resolution
The Chinese Communist Party faces a dilemma in local community governance, i.e. state intervention vs. community self-governance. Increased intervention violates its long-promoted social self-governance and undermines the regimes’ credibility and legitimacy, while less intervention may add to the risk of social instability and collective actions at the local level. Therefore, selective intervention is applied by local government as a rational cho…
Flexible Governance in China
This article finds that the innovative practice of involving social workers in settling petition disputes in Shanghai is a kind of “flexible governance” stressing affective care and multi-pronged means of dispute resolution to relieve petition pressures and maintain social stability in the authoritarian state
Social Media, State Control and Religious Freedom in China
With the development of social media and new information communication technology (ITC), state control imposed by authoritarian regimes over society has been challenged due to the media’s pressure on legislation, policy implementation and the mobilization of collective activism. Yet it does not mean the power of media is unlimited in the authoritarian context. Using China as a case, this article tries to point out the limitations of the media’s r…
Mediating state–society disputes in China
Where popular contention in China is concerned, third parties are not merely supporters of protesters but also allies of the state. Through quantitative and qualitative methods, this article uses an actor-centred perspective to explore the dual role of Chinese lawyers in state dispute resolution projects. When providing legal counselling services to the public, lawyers adopt selective strategies and channel non-political cases into legal channels…
Emotional Mobilization of Chinese Veterans
Based on in-depth interviews of Chinese veterans and specifically focusing on the cadets in Shanghai, this article explores the mechanism of emotional mobilization of this highly organized contentious group vis-à-vis other disorganized and dispersive one such as labors and homeowners. It reveals that strong emotional ties with comrades in troops and the despondency brought about by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ineffective redress to their …
Political Discourse in Chinese Urban Community
China’s urban community is an important venue to examine the function of political discourse. Drawing on the theory of strategic action field, this article regards community as a field where officials act as incumbents, citizens as challengers, and the political discourse as an internal governance unit. The empirical data from multiple cities demonstrates that political discourses have facilitated the incumbents with several pragmatic utilities s…
"Whole-Process People’s Democracy" in China
Digital Governance in China
Drawing on intensive fieldwork conducted in China from 2019 to 2022, this article argues that the Chinese Communist Party is now widely applying a mode of digital governance to contain social grievances and strengthen social stability. Although digital technology itself does help facilitate dispute resolution and stability maintenance by more effectively defusing collective actions and preventing/settling social disputes, the political system and…
Control Through the State of Exception
To understand the mechanism of social governance employed to facilitate surveillance and exert control over popular contention and organized opposition in the People's Republic of China by and beyond the law, we introduce the concept of "rightful control". Based on a theoretical exploration illustrated by typical cases, we examine the impact of the legal and political order constraining opposition in China. We show that the flexible use of inform…
‘Smart court’ and digital judicialism in China
How has digital technology been applied to the operation of courts and dispute resolution in authoritarian regimes? Drawing on ethnographic research on the construction of the ‘smart court’ in China, this article explores the impact of digital technology on the judicial system and dispute resolution through the prototypical cases of the ‘shared court’ and the ‘One Network of Courts Nationwide’, which operate, respectively, outside and inside the …
Legalized Governance in China
China (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (10 works) · Politics (8 works) · Corporate governance (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political economy (5 works) · State (computer science (5 works)