Outputs (5)

Culture for the Masses: Building Grassroots Cultural Infrastructure in China (2023)
Journal Article
Mittelstaedt, J. C. (2023). Culture for the Masses: Building Grassroots Cultural Infrastructure in China. Modern China, 50(5), 607-640. https://doi.org/10.1177/00977004231206177

This article focuses on the development of “grassroots cultural infrastructure”—namely, “cultural halls” and “cultural stations”—at the county level and below since the Mao Zedong era. Since their formation, the party-state has accorded cultural hall... Read More about Culture for the Masses: Building Grassroots Cultural Infrastructure in China.

Party-Building through Ideological Campaigns under Xi Jinping (2023)
Journal Article
Mittelstaedt, J. C. (2023). Party-Building through Ideological Campaigns under Xi Jinping. Asian Survey, 63(5), 716-742. https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2023.1983457

This article investigates the increasing reliance on ideological campaigns by the Chinese Communist Party under Xi Jinping as part of an unfolding party-building project. Analyzing five campaigns conducted from 2013 to 2021, the study shows that they... Read More about Party-Building through Ideological Campaigns under Xi Jinping.

From Social Management to Mobilisation: The Evolving Grid Management System in Shenzhen (2023)
Journal Article
Mittelstaedt, J. C. (2023). From Social Management to Mobilisation: The Evolving Grid Management System in Shenzhen. China perspectives, 41-50

ABSTRACT: This article examines the grid management system in Shenzhen. I argue that it is built on three pillars: data standardisation, community collaboration, and information centralisation. The standardisation of addresses and urban landscape ele... Read More about From Social Management to Mobilisation: The Evolving Grid Management System in Shenzhen.

Review of: The Party Leads All: The Evolving Role of the Chinese Communist Party Edited by Jacques DeLisle and Guobin Yang (2023)
Journal Article
Mittelstaedt, J. C. Review of: The Party Leads All: The Evolving Role of the Chinese Communist Party Edited by Jacques DeLisle and Guobin Yang. The China Quarterly, 511-512. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741023000449

Review of: Puppets or Agents? "Thugs-for-Hire" and Brokers between State and Society (2023)
Journal Article
Mittelstaedt, J. C. Review of: Puppets or Agents? "Thugs-for-Hire" and Brokers between State and Society. Asia policy, 18(1), 175-178. https://doi.org/10.1353/asp.2023.0014