Knowing the Wrong Cadre? Networks and Promotions in the Chinese Party-State

Doyon, Jérôme; Keller, Franziska Barbara (2020). Knowing the Wrong Cadre? Networks and Promotions in the Chinese Party-State. Political studies, 68(4), pp. 1036-1053. Wiley 10.1177/0032321719888854

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When do personal ties matter? Studies of political elite’s rise to power stress the importance of personal ties, but do not consider the possibility of differential effects depending on who one is connected to in elite struggles. We examine how ties formed among Chinese party-state officials influence their career. Our research design provides a strong proxy to account for personal ties: attendance of an exclusive and intensive training program for officials. We take advantage of the exogenous assignment to cohorts in this program to establish a causal link between informal connections and promotions. We find that the effect of personal ties depends on whether the official is connected to the leader who dominates the promotion process or to the one who only influences it through information control. Connections to the latter decrease the promotion probability, likely because these officials are closely monitored by their superiors and more powerful rivals.

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