Gao, H and Tyson, A orcid.org/0000-0002-4458-6870 (2023) Affiliated Associations in China's Education Sector: Between Passive Autonomy, Discretion and Control. China Quarterly, 255. pp. 697-715. ISSN 0305-7410
Abstract
Under President Xi Jinping, the strengthening of the Chinese Communist Party's political control occurs in conjunction with an evolving administrative role for government-affiliated associations. Analysing associations that are subordinate within China's strict hierarchy but which have degrees of operational freedom yields insights into the changing nature of public service and administration in China. Evidence from 63 interviews conducted from 2018 to 2022 with government departments and affiliated associations in the education sector reveals the complexity of state control and degrees of constrained autonomy achieved by affiliated associations. The government exerts control over financing, personnel appointments and core business activities but, over time, associations gain varying degrees of operational autonomy to influence the education agenda and fill gaps in public services. The interdependency and relational variance we find in the case of Ministry of Education-affiliated associations contributes to broader understandings of the complex and fragmentary nature of the Chinese state and public administration.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2023. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | affiliated associations, state control, autonomy, education, China |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2022 11:26 |
Last Modified: | 07 Nov 2024 16:52 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0305741023000024 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:190940 |