Constituency Service under Nondemocratic Rule: Evidence from China

Why do nondemocratic regimes provide constituency service? This study develops theory based on a national field audit of China’s “Mayor’s Mailbox,” an institution that allows citizens to contact local political officials. Analyzing government responses to over 1,200 realistic appeals from putative c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Distelhorst, Greg, Hou, Yue
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120799
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3623-7953