Lingxiao Zhou
Biographic Data
| ID | 3675305 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lingxiao Zhou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lingxiao |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhou |
| SIGNATURE | ZHOU L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9122-6325 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Politics of Iteration
This article examines the intersection of established traditions and emerging novelties in contemporary Chinese grassroots governance reforms through a historical and ethnographic study of the Fengqiao Model, a Mao-era policing discourse that has now been digitally revived. Drawing on the concept of iteration 迭代, we identify three phases of the Fengqiao Model from its inception. Contrary to perspectives emphasizing “window dressing” in studies of…
Algorithmic policing
This article examines the role of human discretion in China’s COVID-19 pandemic management. Following a tradition of ethnographic inquiry into street-level bureaucracy, I develop a culturally focused approach to the algorithmic dimension of this medical policing institution. Based on 14 months of field research inside the contact tracing system, combined with historical sociology of modern Chinese policing, I propose a model of the “labeling cult…
Mediation and grassroots policing in China
This article examines the practices of mediation that have become increasingly common in contemporary grassroots governance in China. The analysis focuses on the mode of governmentality embodied in the discourse on the 'Fengqiao model', which supplies a framework for hierarchizing and managing social conflict with the goal of keeping instability at bay. Based on 10 months of ethnographical research in various political-legal organizations within …
Mediation and grassroots policing in China
This article examines the practices of mediation that have become increasingly common in contemporary grassroots governance in China. The analysis focuses on the mode of governmentality embodied in the discourse on the 'Fengqiao model', which supplies a framework for hierarchizing and managing social conflict with the goal of keeping instability at bay. Based on 10 months of ethnographical research in various political-legal organizations within …
Algorithmic policing
This article examines the role of human discretion in China’s COVID-19 pandemic management. Following a tradition of ethnographic inquiry into street-level bureaucracy, I develop a culturally focused approach to the algorithmic dimension of this medical policing institution. Based on 14 months of field research inside the contact tracing system, combined with historical sociology of modern Chinese policing, I propose a model of the “labeling cult…
Mediation and grassroots policing in China
This article examines the practices of mediation that have become increasingly common in contemporary grassroots governance in China. The analysis focuses on the mode of governmentality embodied in the discourse on the 'Fengqiao model', which supplies a framework for hierarchizing and managing social conflict with the goal of keeping instability at bay. Based on 10 months of ethnographical research in various political-legal organizations within …
Algorithmic policing
This article examines the role of human discretion in China’s COVID-19 pandemic management. Following a tradition of ethnographic inquiry into street-level bureaucracy, I develop a culturally focused approach to the algorithmic dimension of this medical policing institution. Based on 14 months of field research inside the contact tracing system, combined with historical sociology of modern Chinese policing, I propose a model of the “labeling cult…
The Politics of Iteration
This article examines the intersection of established traditions and emerging novelties in contemporary Chinese grassroots governance reforms through a historical and ethnographic study of the Fengqiao Model, a Mao-era policing discourse that has now been digitally revived. Drawing on the concept of iteration 迭代, we identify three phases of the Fengqiao Model from its inception. Contrary to perspectives emphasizing “window dressing” in studies of…
China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Alternative dispute resolution (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Authoritarianism (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Categorization (1 work)