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DESCRIPTION:'Paying for Promotion: Re-imaging Political Selection in an Aut
 horitarian Regime'\n\nJiangnan Zhu (University of Hong Kong)\n	Monday\, Sep
 tember 15\, 2025\n	11:30 AM-1:00 PM\n	Leacock Room 429\n\nAbstract: The purc
 hase of government positions has deep historical roots across cultures. In
  pre-modern states\, including colonial European empires\, it was often an
  accepted part of the governing structure. Today\, the practice of buying 
 and selling government offices (BSO) is considered a serious form of corru
 ption\, yet it remains poorly studied and understood. In BSO\, leaders tak
 e bribes from subordinates to influence recruitment\, appointment\, and pr
 omotion decisions\, significantly impacting political selection and govern
 ance quality. In this project\, I employ a dual perspective—corruption and
  elite mobility—to analyze the distribution of BSO across the Chinese admi
 nistrative matrix\, as well as the various forms and implications of BSO. 
 I categorize BSO into four types—primitive bribery\, evolved bribery\, off
 ice-selling syndicates\, and oligarchical powerbases\, each varying in org
 anizational complexity and relational dynamics. Using two novel\, self-com
 piled datasets on BSO cases\, I propose a tripartite framework of performa
 nce\, patronage\, and purchase to reimagine political selection in China\,
  challenging the prevailing competence-loyalty dichotomy in authoritarian 
 regimes. The tripartite framework highlights the coexistence of multiple g
 overnance models: a meritocratic state prioritizing competence\, a cliente
 list state emphasizing loyalty\, and an investment state bound by money.\n
 	\n	Event co-sponsored by the Jean Monnet Centre and the new McGill Center f
 or Global Chinese Studies.\n
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LOCATION:Room 429\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 r
 ue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Jiangnan Zhu (University of Hong Kong)\, 'Paying for Promotion: Re-
 imaging Political Selection in an Authoritarian Regime'
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/channels/event/jiangnan-zhu-univ
 ersity-hong-kong-paying-promotion-re-imaging-political-selection-authorita
 rian-367484
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