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Overview

Lianjiang Li is a scholar affiliated with Lingnan University in China, primarily working within the field of Social Sciences. Their research spans subfields such as Sociology and Political Science as well as Political Science and International Relations. The main topics explored by Lianjiang Li include China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance, Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Chinese History and Philosophy, Political Conflict and Governance, and Social Capital and Networks.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Lianjiang Li are:

  • Decoding Political Trust in China: A Machine Learning Analysis, 2021, The China Quarterly
  • Distrust in Government and Preference for Regime Change in China, 2020, Political Studies
  • Assessing Popular Support for the Communist Party of China, 2023, China An International Journal

Lianjiang Li has also contributed to book publications, including the 2024 work Political Trust in China, published by the University of Michigan Press.

Collaborations have featured frequent co-authors such as Kevin J. O'Brien, Mingxing Liu, Yue Guan, Lei Guang, and Yanchuan Liu. These partnerships reflect engagement with researchers in related areas of political science and governance studies.

The venues where Lianjiang Li's work has appeared cover a range of respected academic journals, including:

  • The China Quarterly
  • Mobilization An International Quarterly
  • Journal of Contemporary China
  • Political Studies
  • China An International Journal

The research of Lianjiang Li frequently focuses on mechanisms of political trust, governance challenges, and public opinion within China. This includes studies employing methods such as machine learning to analyze political attitudes and investigations into the dynamics of political contention and regime preference.

Best Publications

  • Rightful Resistance in Rural China

    Kevin J. O'Brien;Lianjiang Li

  • Political Trust in Rural China

    Lianjiang Li

  • Selective Policy Implementation in Rural China

    Kevin J. O’Brien;Lianjiang Li

  • Accommodating “Democracy” in a One-Party State: Introducing Village Elections in China*

    Kevin J. O'Brien;Lianjiang Li

  • Villagers and Popular Resistance in Contemporary China

    Lianjiang Li;Kevin J. O'Brien

  • The Politics of Lodging Complaints in Rural China

    Kevin J. O'Brien;Lianjiang Li

  • Suing the Local State: Administrative Litigation in Rural China

    Kevin J. O'Brien;Lianjiang Li

  • Political Trust and Petitioning in the Chinese Countryside

    Lianjiang Li

  • Protest Leadership in Rural China

    Lianjiang Li;Kevin J. O'brien

  • RIGHTS CONSCIOUSNESS AND RULES CONSCIOUSNESS IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA

    Lianjiang Li

  • Reassessing Trust in the Central Government: Evidence from Five National Surveys

    Lianjiang Li

  • Petitioning Beijing: The High Tide of 2003–2006*

    Lianjiang Li;Mingxing Liu;Kevin J. O'Brien

  • The Empowering Effect of Village Elections in China

    Lianjiang Li

  • The Magnitude and Resilience of Trust in the Center: Evidence from Interviews with Petitioners in Beijing and a Local Survey in Rural China

    Lianjiang Li

  • Popular Contention and its Impact in Rural China

    Kevin J. O’Brien;Lianjiang Li

  • The Politics of Introducing Direct Township Elections in China

    Lianjiang Li

  • The Struggle Over Village Elections

    Lianjiang Li;Kevin J O'Brien

  • The Two-Ballot System in Shanxi Province: Subjecting Village Party Secretaries to a Popular Vote

    Lianjiang Li

  • Elections and Popular Resistance in Rural China (Revised Version)

    Lianjiang Li

  • Distrust in Government Leaders, Demand for Leadership Change, and Preference for Popular Elections in Rural China

    Lianjiang Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. O'Brien
Kevin J. O'Brien University of California, Berkeley

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