Institution, network and elites’ political attitudes

An analysis of the “Wen Jiabao Phenomenon”

Bibliographic Data

ID12302229
AuthorsSangkuk Lee (0009-0000-0866-6251, Korea Institute for Defense Analysis, Center for Security and Strategy, Republic of Korea, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume45
Issue1-2
Pages105-115
Publication date2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.postcomstud.2012.02.008
OpenAlexW1988901415
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited22

Unlike China’s other top leaders, PremierWen Jiabao has presented his political views after the 17th CCP Congress. Wen’s assertive attitude for further political reform has attracted attention from international as well as domestic media. This article utilizes both institutionalism and network analysis to explain this uncommon political phenomenon, while it illuminates the drawback of the attribute perspective which has been used popularly to infer the attitudes of China’s political elites. This study argues that Wen’s attitude with personality has been produced by some institutional and network factors. They include: the decline of a powerful rival, different functions of the party and state in China’s policy-making and implementation, division of policy work among Politburo Standing Committee leaders

China · Epistemology · Institution · Personality · Perspective (graphical · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Work (physics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology

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