Political celebrities and elite politics in contemporary China
Political celebrities and elite politics in contemporary China
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当代中国的政治名人与精英政治
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2016
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E. Jeffreys
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本文探讨了名人政治在中国大陆的兴起。它概述了西方名人政治的一些类型学，并考虑在中国是否存在类似的形式。然后考察了中国政治家名人的崛起以及名人参与全国人民代表大会和中国人民政治协商会议的情况。对名人参与这些论坛的研究表明，中国的名人政治主要是支持政府政策，但也揭示了精英网络的扩大以及这些网络引发公众对替代政策和政治的讨论的能力。它并没有支持名人政治是壮观或戏剧性的说法，而是展示了中国治理中名人与世俗方面之间的联系。
This article examines the rise of celebrity politics in mainland China. It outlines some typologies of Western celebrity politics and considers whether equivalent forms exist in China. It then examines the rise of Chinese politician celebrities and celebrity involvement in the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. An examination of celebrity participation in these forums shows that celebrity politics in China chiefly functions to support government policies, but also reveals a broadening of elite networks and the capacity of those networks to generate public discussion of alternative policies and politics. Rather than supporting claims that celebrity politics is spectacular or theatrical, it demonstrates instead the connections between celebrity and mundane aspects of Chinese governance.