Qingjie Zeng
Biographic Data
| ID | 4371044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Qingjie Zeng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Qingjie |
| FAMILY NAME | Zeng |
| SIGNATURE | ZENG Q |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fudan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7739-6793 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Soviet Legacy and the Global South’s Reactions to Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the UN General Assembly
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted multiple resolutions condemning the aggression and calling for the withdrawal of Russian forces. While some Global South countries supported these measures, many refrained from taking a critical stance toward Moscow, despite clear violations of international law. What accounts for this divided response? Departing from existing explanations that …
Strict Covid-19 lockdown and popular regime support in China
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, China implemented lockdown measures that were the most stringent and enduring in the world. This study conducts the first systematic analysis of how China’s historic COVID-19 lockdown impacted popular support for the authoritarian regime. I argue that strict lockdowns have differential effects on popular regime support depending on their duration. A relatively short lockdown signals to citizens the state’s reso…
Party Origins, Party Infrastructural Strength, and Governance Outcomes
Ruling party strength is often associated with positive outcomes in autocracies, but we know little about how the effects of party strength differ across party types or which feature of party organization contributes most to better outcomes. This article argues that party infrastructural strength – the ability of grassroots party organizations to penetrate society and mobilize the masses – improves governance outcomes but only for authoritarian p…
From poverty to trust: Political implications of the anti-poverty campaign in China
Despite the rapid decrease in poverty across the developing world, there have been few attempts to analyze the implication of poverty alleviation on regime legitimacy. Bridging the literature on poverty alleviation and political trust, this analysis examines the mechanisms through which poverty reduction affects trust in local elected and appointed officials. Using an original survey on the Target Poverty Alleviation campaign in China and causal …
All Power to the Party! The Sources of Ruling Party Strength in Authoritarian Regimes
The role of political parties in facilitating authoritarian rule has been the subject of extensive research, but parties vary widely in their institutional strength to perform regime-bolstering functions. This article synthesizes existing literature to develop a general theory that explains the sources of ruling party strength in autocracies. We argue that party strength stems from a strategic calculation by political actors who weigh the benefit…
Leadership Succession and the Resilience of Electoral Authoritarian Regimes
How does leadership succession influence the dynamics of electoral competition in authoritarian regimes? Previous studies suggest that leadership successions tend to result in more competitive elections, creating favorable conditions for political changes. The literature, however, has not examined how the electoral impact of succession depends on specific mechanisms of succession management. We argue that the outgoing leader’s clear designation o…
Managed Campaign and Bureaucratic Institutions in China: Evidence from the Targeted Poverty Alleviation Program
In the reform era, the Chinese state often resorts to managed campaigns to implement important policies. This article examines how managed campaign influences the mode of bureaucratic operation in China. Avoiding a simplistic dichotomy between campaign mobilization and bureaucratic institutionalization, this study unpacks the Weberian bureaucratic concept and shows that some core dimensions of the model are compatible with managed campaign. While…
Engineering popular support for long-ruling parties: The Role of Clientelism
In electorally contested regimes, the incumbent party often uses clientelist exchanges to stay in power long after its underlying electoral support has evaporated. Existing studies failed to examine how the role of clientelism changes with the increasing tenure of the incumbent party. Combining data from the Afrobarometer project and information about partisan turnover, this article shows that the longer a party has remained in power, the more cl…
Party Institutions and Authoritarian Power-Sharing: Evidence from China's Provincial Leader Appointment
Recent scholarship of comparative authoritarianism suggests that party institutions contribute to regime resilience by facilitating power-sharing among the party elites and preventing the paramount leaders’ abuse of power that undermines political stability. Existing studies tend to focus on the empirical association between party organizations and regime resilience, whereas the actual effects of institutions on elite behavior receive less attent…
Cadre Rotation and Campaign Mobilization in China's Anticorruption Enforcement
In authoritarian regimes, anticorruption measures are fundamentally mechanisms of controlling agents at various levels. To do this, the principal can either rely on routine bureaucratic management or resort to ad hoc , intense mobilization to discipline its agents. Using China as a case study, this article explores which mode of top-down control exerts greater influence on the pattern of anticorruption enforcement. We focus on the cadre rotation …
Control, Discretion and Bargaining: The Politics of Provincial Leader Rotation in China
Managed Campaign and Bureaucratic Institutions in China: Evidence from the Targeted Poverty Alleviation Program
In the reform era, the Chinese state often resorts to managed campaigns to implement important policies. This article examines how managed campaign influences the mode of bureaucratic operation in China. Avoiding a simplistic dichotomy between campaign mobilization and bureaucratic institutionalization, this study unpacks the Weberian bureaucratic concept and shows that some core dimensions of the model are compatible with managed campaign. While…
From poverty to trust: Political implications of the anti-poverty campaign in China
Despite the rapid decrease in poverty across the developing world, there have been few attempts to analyze the implication of poverty alleviation on regime legitimacy. Bridging the literature on poverty alleviation and political trust, this analysis examines the mechanisms through which poverty reduction affects trust in local elected and appointed officials. Using an original survey on the Target Poverty Alleviation campaign in China and causal …
Leadership Succession and the Resilience of Electoral Authoritarian Regimes
How does leadership succession influence the dynamics of electoral competition in authoritarian regimes? Previous studies suggest that leadership successions tend to result in more competitive elections, creating favorable conditions for political changes. The literature, however, has not examined how the electoral impact of succession depends on specific mechanisms of succession management. We argue that the outgoing leader’s clear designation o…
All Power to the Party! The Sources of Ruling Party Strength in Authoritarian Regimes
The role of political parties in facilitating authoritarian rule has been the subject of extensive research, but parties vary widely in their institutional strength to perform regime-bolstering functions. This article synthesizes existing literature to develop a general theory that explains the sources of ruling party strength in autocracies. We argue that party strength stems from a strategic calculation by political actors who weigh the benefit…
Engineering popular support for long-ruling parties: The Role of Clientelism
In electorally contested regimes, the incumbent party often uses clientelist exchanges to stay in power long after its underlying electoral support has evaporated. Existing studies failed to examine how the role of clientelism changes with the increasing tenure of the incumbent party. Combining data from the Afrobarometer project and information about partisan turnover, this article shows that the longer a party has remained in power, the more cl…
Strict Covid-19 lockdown and popular regime support in China
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, China implemented lockdown measures that were the most stringent and enduring in the world. This study conducts the first systematic analysis of how China’s historic COVID-19 lockdown impacted popular support for the authoritarian regime. I argue that strict lockdowns have differential effects on popular regime support depending on their duration. A relatively short lockdown signals to citizens the state’s reso…
Cadre Rotation and Campaign Mobilization in China's Anticorruption Enforcement
In authoritarian regimes, anticorruption measures are fundamentally mechanisms of controlling agents at various levels. To do this, the principal can either rely on routine bureaucratic management or resort to ad hoc , intense mobilization to discipline its agents. Using China as a case study, this article explores which mode of top-down control exerts greater influence on the pattern of anticorruption enforcement. We focus on the cadre rotation …
Control, Discretion and Bargaining: The Politics of Provincial Leader Rotation in China
Party Origins, Party Infrastructural Strength, and Governance Outcomes
Ruling party strength is often associated with positive outcomes in autocracies, but we know little about how the effects of party strength differ across party types or which feature of party organization contributes most to better outcomes. This article argues that party infrastructural strength – the ability of grassroots party organizations to penetrate society and mobilize the masses – improves governance outcomes but only for authoritarian p…
Party Institutions and Authoritarian Power-Sharing: Evidence from China's Provincial Leader Appointment
Recent scholarship of comparative authoritarianism suggests that party institutions contribute to regime resilience by facilitating power-sharing among the party elites and preventing the paramount leaders’ abuse of power that undermines political stability. Existing studies tend to focus on the empirical association between party organizations and regime resilience, whereas the actual effects of institutions on elite behavior receive less attent…
Control, Discretion and Bargaining: The Politics of Provincial Leader Rotation in China
Cadre Rotation and Campaign Mobilization in China's Anticorruption Enforcement
In authoritarian regimes, anticorruption measures are fundamentally mechanisms of controlling agents at various levels. To do this, the principal can either rely on routine bureaucratic management or resort to ad hoc , intense mobilization to discipline its agents. Using China as a case study, this article explores which mode of top-down control exerts greater influence on the pattern of anticorruption enforcement. We focus on the cadre rotation …
Party Institutions and Authoritarian Power-Sharing: Evidence from China's Provincial Leader Appointment
Recent scholarship of comparative authoritarianism suggests that party institutions contribute to regime resilience by facilitating power-sharing among the party elites and preventing the paramount leaders’ abuse of power that undermines political stability. Existing studies tend to focus on the empirical association between party organizations and regime resilience, whereas the actual effects of institutions on elite behavior receive less attent…
Managed Campaign and Bureaucratic Institutions in China: Evidence from the Targeted Poverty Alleviation Program
In the reform era, the Chinese state often resorts to managed campaigns to implement important policies. This article examines how managed campaign influences the mode of bureaucratic operation in China. Avoiding a simplistic dichotomy between campaign mobilization and bureaucratic institutionalization, this study unpacks the Weberian bureaucratic concept and shows that some core dimensions of the model are compatible with managed campaign. While…
Engineering popular support for long-ruling parties: The Role of Clientelism
In electorally contested regimes, the incumbent party often uses clientelist exchanges to stay in power long after its underlying electoral support has evaporated. Existing studies failed to examine how the role of clientelism changes with the increasing tenure of the incumbent party. Combining data from the Afrobarometer project and information about partisan turnover, this article shows that the longer a party has remained in power, the more cl…
Leadership Succession and the Resilience of Electoral Authoritarian Regimes
How does leadership succession influence the dynamics of electoral competition in authoritarian regimes? Previous studies suggest that leadership successions tend to result in more competitive elections, creating favorable conditions for political changes. The literature, however, has not examined how the electoral impact of succession depends on specific mechanisms of succession management. We argue that the outgoing leader’s clear designation o…
All Power to the Party! The Sources of Ruling Party Strength in Authoritarian Regimes
The role of political parties in facilitating authoritarian rule has been the subject of extensive research, but parties vary widely in their institutional strength to perform regime-bolstering functions. This article synthesizes existing literature to develop a general theory that explains the sources of ruling party strength in autocracies. We argue that party strength stems from a strategic calculation by political actors who weigh the benefit…
From poverty to trust: Political implications of the anti-poverty campaign in China
Despite the rapid decrease in poverty across the developing world, there have been few attempts to analyze the implication of poverty alleviation on regime legitimacy. Bridging the literature on poverty alleviation and political trust, this analysis examines the mechanisms through which poverty reduction affects trust in local elected and appointed officials. Using an original survey on the Target Poverty Alleviation campaign in China and causal …
Strict Covid-19 lockdown and popular regime support in China
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, China implemented lockdown measures that were the most stringent and enduring in the world. This study conducts the first systematic analysis of how China’s historic COVID-19 lockdown impacted popular support for the authoritarian regime. I argue that strict lockdowns have differential effects on popular regime support depending on their duration. A relatively short lockdown signals to citizens the state’s reso…
Party Origins, Party Infrastructural Strength, and Governance Outcomes
Ruling party strength is often associated with positive outcomes in autocracies, but we know little about how the effects of party strength differ across party types or which feature of party organization contributes most to better outcomes. This article argues that party infrastructural strength – the ability of grassroots party organizations to penetrate society and mobilize the masses – improves governance outcomes but only for authoritarian p…
The Soviet Legacy and the Global South’s Reactions to Russian Invasion of Ukraine in the UN General Assembly
Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the United Nations General Assembly adopted multiple resolutions condemning the aggression and calling for the withdrawal of Russian forces. While some Global South countries supported these measures, many refrained from taking a critical stance toward Moscow, despite clear violations of international law. What accounts for this divided response? Departing from existing explanations that …
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