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New Publication: “Maybe listening to the elite? Selective deliberation as a governance tool in rural China”

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René Trappel, Zhao Tiantian (main author), and Han Guoming have published an article in Asia Pacific Viewpoint on the intersection of rural governance, the so-called “deliberative democracy” and the village elite. It is based on extensive fieldwork by Dr. Zhao. Prof. Han (now retired) and Dr. Zhao, both from the Management School of Lanzhou University, Gansu Province, have been research partners throughout the duration of the DFG project “Steering Urban-Rural Integration: Administrative Reconfiguration for a Unified Citizenship”.

Please find the article at Maybe listening to the elite? Selective deliberation as a governance tool in rural China (online first).

New publication: The Political Opportunity Structure of Chinese Villages: A Case Study of Rightful Resistance in Northwest China

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Together with Dr. Guo Pengpeng and Prof. Dr. Han Guoming, both long-term cooperation partners at the School of Management, Lanzhou University in Gansu Province, René Trappel published an article in the latest issue of Asian Perspective (45, 3, Summer 2021) on political opportunity structures and “rightful resistance” in rural China. 

For more information see https://muse.jhu.edu/article/800603.

Fieldwork in Gansu Province

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In March 2019 Elena Meyer-Clement and René Trappel, in cooperation with Lanzhou University, conducted fieldwork in Gansu province. The team visited villages, village relocation spots, and urban villages in Lanzhou, Zhangye and Dingxi and conducted interviews with local cadres and residents. The fieldwork provided important insights into the goals, processes and mechanisms of the modernization and urbanization of rural China under the “Rural Revitalization Strategy” in Gansu province.

Elena and René also held lectures (in Chinese) at the Gansu University of Politics and Law.

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