BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: \;Andrew Mertha Associate Professor of Government\, Cornel l University Fragmented Authoritarianism Revised: Political Pluralization in China Traditional analyses on political liberalization in China focus o n elections or other dimensions of democratization. But these studies cann ot account for the fact that although China remains authoritarian\, it is nonetheless responsive to the increasingly diverse demands of society. Mer tha argues that although the policy making process is still largely govern ed by the fragmented authoritarianism framework\, it has become increasing ly pluralized\, that is\, barriers to entry into the policy process have b een lowered\, at least for certain actors (hitherto peripheral officials\, non-governmental organizations\, and an increasingly activist media). Wit h policy outcomes as the variable of interest\, Mertha compares three case s of hydropower policy (the Nu River\, Dujiangyan/Yangliuhu\, and Pubugou) . He argues that the variability in the absence or presence of policy entr epreneurs who are able to frame the issue effectively explains variation i n hydropower policy outcomes. He then extends these findings to a critical case in an unlikely policy area\, international trade\, specifically\, Ch ina's 2001-2006 trade talks with the European Union over the issue of chil d-resistant safety regulations for lighters. Andrew Mertha is associate pr ofessor of government\, specializing in Chinese and Cambodian politics\, p articularly on political institutions\, the policy process\, and the exerc ise of power. He is a core faculty member in the Cornell East Asia Program and the Cornell Southeast Asia Program\, and sits on the Cornell China an d Asia-Pacific Studies/CAPS Advisory Board. His current project focuses on political rectification\, purges\, and political indoctrination in China and Cambodia. Mertha has provided public testimony for the US-China Econom ic and Security Review Commission\, briefed the Congressional-Executive Co mmission on China\, and has accompanied a US congressional staff delegatio n to Beijing\, Xinjiang\, and Shanghai to discuss issues of terrorism and narcotics trafficking. DTEND:20110204T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T042258Z DTSTART:20110204T173000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:East Asia Program presents: Andrew Mertha UID:RFCALITEM639141421783018386 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: \;Andrew Mertha Associate Professor of Go vernment\, Cornell University Fragmented Authoritarianism Revised: Politic al Pluralization in China Traditional analyses on political liberalization in China focus on elections or other dimensions of democratization. But t hese studies cannot account for the fact that although China remains autho ritarian\, it is nonetheless responsive to the increasingly diverse demand s of society. Mertha argues that although the policy making process is sti ll largely governed by the fragmented authoritarianism framework\, it has become increasingly pluralized\, that is\, barriers to entry into the poli cy process have been lowered\, at least for certain actors (hitherto perip heral officials\, non-governmental organizations\, and an increasingly act ivist media). With policy outcomes as the variable of interest\, Mertha co mpares three cases of hydropower policy (the Nu River\, Dujiangyan/Yangliu hu\, and Pubugou). He argues that the variability in the absence or presen ce of policy entrepreneurs who are able to frame the issue effectively exp lains variation in hydropower policy outcomes. He then extends these findi ngs to a critical case in an unlikely policy area\, international trade\, specifically\, China's 2001-2006 trade talks with the European Union over the issue of child-resistant safety regulations for lighters. Andrew Merth a is associate professor of government\, specializing in Chinese and Cambo dian politics\, particularly on political institutions\, the policy proces s\, and the exercise of power. He is a core faculty member in the Cornell East Asia Program and the Cornell Southeast Asia Program\, and sits on the Cornell China and Asia-Pacific Studies/CAPS Advisory Board. His current p roject focuses on political rectification\, purges\, and political indoctr ination in China and Cambodia. Mertha has provided public testimony for th e US-China Economic and Security Review Commission\, briefed the Congressi onal-Executive Commission on China\, and has accompanied a US congressiona l staff delegation to Beijing\, Xinjiang\, and Shanghai to discuss issues of terrorism and narcotics trafficking. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR