Pinpointing the Chinese Nomenklatura

An Index to Rank China’s Leadership Positions

Bibliographic Data

ID12422644
AuthorsShu Keng (Zhejiang University), Lingna Zhong (Central China Normal University, corresponding author), Baoqing Pang (Shanghai University)
Year2022
Volume32
Issue141
Pages510-523
Publication date2022-06-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10670564.2022.2090111
OpenAlexW4283208133
LanguageEN
Citations received1

In China, too many leadership positions are assigned to the same broad administrative levels, creating difficulty in distinguishing their specific political rankings. Pinpointing their exact political significance, this study proposes an index using the common joint appointments of party and government positions in the Chinese Nomenklatura. After coming up with the index, to demonstrate applicability, this article uses it first to assess China’s provincial-level positions and then extend it down to prefecture-level and up to Central ministerial positions. The authors believe that this new index enables better observation and interpretation of China’s leadership transfers and, consequently, improves researchers’ understanding of the prospects of Chinese politicians and the dynamics of the Chinese polity

China · Combinatorics · Government (linguistics · Index (typography · Interpretation (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Rank (graph theory · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

Tools

Open DOI