Bribery as a Third Path to Power? Political Selection in China Beyond Performance and Patronage
The study of political selection in authoritarian regimes has long been captive to a binary: officials rise either by demonstrating competence or by cultivating loyalty. Decades of scholarship on C...
Authors
- Jonghyuk Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2406-6472)
Institutions
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Contemporary Asia
- Published
- 2026-06-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2026.2679579
- Primary Topic
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00