A political economy of rank: The territorial administrative hierarchy and leadership mobility in urban China
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Journal of Contemporary China, 2016, 25 (100), pp. 529 - 546
- Issue Date:
- 2016-07-03
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© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The level or rank of an administrative division in China—a structural condition of the sub-national territorial administrative system—is a correlate of administrative rank. State reterritorialization of the administrative divisions, through establishment and expansion of hundreds of cities, introduces a political economy of differentiation and change by which city governments take the measure of their administrative reach and economic capacity. How do changes to the administrative divisions involve administrative rank, economic status and territorial governing power? In Suzhou, a prefecture-level city, incommensurability between the economic status of the city and its administrative rank reveals how ‘unfair’ rank in the administrative hierarchy becomes implicated in negotiations over territorial adjustments and cadre appointments, leading to creative forms of rank adjustment. Dynamics of the administrative divisions reflect rank consciousness, influence official positions and structure urban transformation in contemporary China.
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