Sponsorship as the State's Safety Tether: A Big-Data Analysis of Historical NGO Registration Records in China

• In Event: Civil Society and Social Policy in China

Brief Overview

This paper examines China's dilemmas managing NGOs. We create and analyze a novel dataset of NGO registration, finding strategic calibration of sponsorship policies, with local govts applying policies selectively according to threats and benefits.

Authors

• Timothy Hildebrandt, London School of Economics and Political Science

• Guodong Ju, London School of Economics and Political Science

• Blake Andrew Phillip Miller, London School of Economics and Political Science