Hanzhang Liu
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3628524 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Hanzhang Liu |
| PRENOMES | Hanzhang |
| SOBRENOME | Liu |
| ASSINATURA | LIU H |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Pitzer College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1003-1372 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 4 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2019 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Entertainment as Trojan Horse
For authoritarian propaganda to change hearts and minds, it must first reach the masses and capture their attention. In an era of media proliferation, what can an authoritarian regime do to make ordinary citizens consume pro-regime propaganda voluntarily? How can it lower citizens’ resistance to being indoctrinated? In this article, we answer these questions by studying a new generation of propaganda movies in contemporary China. Leveraging obser…
Meritocracy as Authoritarian Co-Optation
Why does an authoritarian regime adopt meritocracy in its political selection? I argue that meritocracy can be used to co-opt large numbers of ordinary citizens by providing them with an opportunity of socioeconomic advancement instead of income redistribution, as long as the selection process is viewed as inclusive and rule-based. Focusing on the civil service examination in contemporary China, I examine how this meritocratic selection has shape…
State as Salesman
How does an authoritarian regime cover news about foreign countries for its domestic audience? What accounts for the variation in news coverage received by different foreign countries? While existing literature points to political concerns at home, in this article, we argue that a regime’s economic interests can also be a driving force: the desire to deepen its international economic engagement can motivate the regime to treat foreign countries d…
The Logic of Authoritarian Political Selection
Political selection is important to authoritarian regime survival. Although selection outcomes are often observed, it is difficult to decipher elites’ logic of decision-making due to their multidimensional preference and the opaque process. Employing a conjoint experiment conducted among over 300 government officials in China, this paper unpacks multidimensional elite preference in entry-level political selection. It finds that while elites compl…
The Logic of Authoritarian Political Selection
Political selection is important to authoritarian regime survival. Although selection outcomes are often observed, it is difficult to decipher elites’ logic of decision-making due to their multidimensional preference and the opaque process. Employing a conjoint experiment conducted among over 300 government officials in China, this paper unpacks multidimensional elite preference in entry-level political selection. It finds that while elites compl…
Meritocracy as Authoritarian Co-Optation
Why does an authoritarian regime adopt meritocracy in its political selection? I argue that meritocracy can be used to co-opt large numbers of ordinary citizens by providing them with an opportunity of socioeconomic advancement instead of income redistribution, as long as the selection process is viewed as inclusive and rule-based. Focusing on the civil service examination in contemporary China, I examine how this meritocratic selection has shape…
State as Salesman
How does an authoritarian regime cover news about foreign countries for its domestic audience? What accounts for the variation in news coverage received by different foreign countries? While existing literature points to political concerns at home, in this article, we argue that a regime’s economic interests can also be a driving force: the desire to deepen its international economic engagement can motivate the regime to treat foreign countries d…
The Logic of Authoritarian Political Selection
Political selection is important to authoritarian regime survival. Although selection outcomes are often observed, it is difficult to decipher elites’ logic of decision-making due to their multidimensional preference and the opaque process. Employing a conjoint experiment conducted among over 300 government officials in China, this paper unpacks multidimensional elite preference in entry-level political selection. It finds that while elites compl…
State as Salesman
How does an authoritarian regime cover news about foreign countries for its domestic audience? What accounts for the variation in news coverage received by different foreign countries? While existing literature points to political concerns at home, in this article, we argue that a regime’s economic interests can also be a driving force: the desire to deepen its international economic engagement can motivate the regime to treat foreign countries d…
Meritocracy as Authoritarian Co-Optation
Why does an authoritarian regime adopt meritocracy in its political selection? I argue that meritocracy can be used to co-opt large numbers of ordinary citizens by providing them with an opportunity of socioeconomic advancement instead of income redistribution, as long as the selection process is viewed as inclusive and rule-based. Focusing on the civil service examination in contemporary China, I examine how this meritocratic selection has shape…
Entertainment as Trojan Horse
For authoritarian propaganda to change hearts and minds, it must first reach the masses and capture their attention. In an era of media proliferation, what can an authoritarian regime do to make ordinary citizens consume pro-regime propaganda voluntarily? How can it lower citizens’ resistance to being indoctrinated? In this article, we answer these questions by studying a new generation of propaganda movies in contemporary China. Leveraging obser…
Authoritarianism (4 obras) · Politics (4 obras) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (3 obras) · Economics (3 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · China (2 obras) · Democracy (2 obras) · Media Influence and Politics (2 obras)