Leadership Styles and Political Survival of Chinese Communist Party Elites
Author | : Junyan Jiang |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 39 |
Release | : 2019 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1304253107 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Leadership Styles and Political Survival of Chinese Communist Party Elites written by Junyan Jiang and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership is a crucial aspect of politics, but systematic evidence on how politicians lead and the consequences of their leadership styles remains scant. This study sheds light on these issues by analyzing a unique dataset of internal evaluation remarks for top provincial politicians in China. Latent class analyses on evaluation keywords reveal two distinct styles: an assertive, autocratic style that focuses on centralized decision-making and efficient execution, and a collegial, democratic style that respects dissents and fosters intra-elite collaboration. We further show that the two leadership styles are associated distinct governing strategies and that they both o er viable, but different, paths to achieve political survival. These findings enrich our understanding of survival tactics and selection dynamics in authoritarian regimes.