The grid management system in contemporary China: Grass-roots governance in social surveillance and service provision
How should we understand the formation of the grid management system (网格化管理) of grass-roots governance in China? In this article, I argue that the grid system is an extension of existing governance structures. Facing conflicting central messaging, local grid development encountered isomorphic pressu...
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SAGE Publications
2021
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| description | How should we understand the formation of the grid management system (网格化管理) of grass-roots governance in China? In this article, I argue that the grid system is an extension of existing governance structures. Facing conflicting central messaging, local grid development encountered isomorphic pressures, leading grids to resemble higher-level administration and to inherit a top–down and stability-focused mode of operation. To support this argument, I analyse five aspects: shifts in elite-level discourse, the proliferation of the grid system, recruitment standards for grid members, grid members’ tasks, and their assessment. Showcasing wide local variety, the grid system retains a managerial approach while collapsing service provision into security. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:9035e00e-795d-4fa1-964c-1904a3f736b62022-09-29T16:09:52ZThe grid management system in contemporary China: Grass-roots governance in social surveillance and service provisionJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9035e00e-795d-4fa1-964c-1904a3f736b6EnglishSymplectic ElementsSAGE Publications2021Mittelstaedt, JCHow should we understand the formation of the grid management system (网格化管理) of grass-roots governance in China? In this article, I argue that the grid system is an extension of existing governance structures. Facing conflicting central messaging, local grid development encountered isomorphic pressures, leading grids to resemble higher-level administration and to inherit a top–down and stability-focused mode of operation. To support this argument, I analyse five aspects: shifts in elite-level discourse, the proliferation of the grid system, recruitment standards for grid members, grid members’ tasks, and their assessment. Showcasing wide local variety, the grid system retains a managerial approach while collapsing service provision into security. |
| spellingShingle | Mittelstaedt, JC The grid management system in contemporary China: Grass-roots governance in social surveillance and service provision |
| title | The grid management system in contemporary China: Grass-roots governance in social surveillance and service provision |
| title_full | The grid management system in contemporary China: Grass-roots governance in social surveillance and service provision |
| title_fullStr | The grid management system in contemporary China: Grass-roots governance in social surveillance and service provision |
| title_full_unstemmed | The grid management system in contemporary China: Grass-roots governance in social surveillance and service provision |
| title_short | The grid management system in contemporary China: Grass-roots governance in social surveillance and service provision |
| title_sort | grid management system in contemporary china grass roots governance in social surveillance and service provision |
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