Titel
From Bulletin Boards to Big Data
The Origins and Evolution of Public Complaint Websites in China
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Abstract
Why do Chinese governments at various levels set up public complaint websites where citizen petitions and government responses can be reviewed by the general public? We argue that it is the result of two factors: strong signals sent by the central government to improve governance, and the availability of new technologies to promote policy innovation. To impress their superiors, local officials adopted newly available commercial technology to innovate existing citizen feedback systems,
which presented a developmental trajectory from “openness,” “integration,” to “big data-driven prediction.” Drawing on policy documents and interviews with local politicians and administrators, we provide a chronological perspective of how technical development, central government’s signals and local decision-making have interacted in the past two decades to bring forth today’s public complaint websites. The contingent and non-teleological nature of this development can also be applied to other policies such as the social credit system.
Stichwort
Chinagovernment complaint websitesgovernment–citizen interactione-participationgovernance innovationinformation technologyresponsivenessinternetmayor’s mailboxespublic feedback
Objekt-Typ
Sprache
Englisch [eng]
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Titel
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
Band
50
Ausgabe
1
ISSN
1868-1026
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Seitenanfang
39
Seitenende
62
Publication
SAGE Publications
Projekt
Kod / Identifikator
678266
Fördergeber
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
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