Dan Mattingly's guest appearances

Dan Mattingly

UPenn Center for the Study of Contemporary China

Dr Kino's Film Emporium

Kaiser Kuo

Mary Gallagher

Mel Williams

Shelley Rigger

Natalie Lichtenstein

John Park

Sean Wilson

Toby Hadoke

Ryan Hass

Helen O'Hara

Bin Xu

Ellen Wright

Jacques DeLisle

Susan Shirk

Yasheng Huang

OwlTail

Drs Kino and Mattingly discuss Alex Cox's cult fave Repo Man (1984) and Curtis Hanson's underrated Wonderboys (2000). Expect musings, wonderings, the Tipp-Ex connection, the appeal of cult cinema, the perils of adaptation, Harry Dean Stanton and a brief mention of Shane MacGowan...enjoy, darlings!

Drs Kino and Mattingly discuss Alex Cox's cult fave Repo Man (1984) and Curtis Hanson's underrated Wonderboys (2000). Expect musings, wonderings, the Tipp-Ex connection, the appeal of cult cinema, the perils of adaptation, Harry Dean Stanton and a brief mention of Shane MacGowan...enjoy, darlings!

Repo Man and Wonderboys with Dr Dan Mattingly

How do autocratic regimes secure political obedience, and implement unpopular policies, without always resorting to outright coercive tactics?  In a provocative new book, Yale University political scientist Dan Mattingly argues that, in China, state power exercised through local governments relies on local civil society groups—like temple organizations or lineage associations—to quietly infiltrate, observe, and thereby control Chinese rural society.  In this episode, he discusses his book and its core arguments about “soft” authoritarian repression with Neysun Mahboubi, in a conversation which extends to the basic nature of local governance in China and the various mechanisms by which it may (or may not) be held to account.  The episode was recorded on April 12, 2018. Dan Mattingly is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University.  His research focuses on the political economy of development, authoritarian rule, and Chinese politics.  His new book on “The Art of Political Control in China” is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press, and his articles have previously appeared in Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, World Development, and World Politics.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and was later a postdoctoral fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.  You can follow him on Twitter @mattinglee. Music credit: "Salt" by Poppy Ackroyd, follow her at http://poppyackroyd.com  Special thanks to Nick Marziani and Kaiser Kuo

How do autocratic regimes secure political obedience, and implement unpopular policies, without always resorting to outright coercive tactics?  In a provocative new book, Yale University political scientist <a href="http://daniel-mattingly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan Mattingly</a> argues that, in China, state power exercised through local governments relies on local civil society groups—like temple organizations or lineage associations—to quietly infiltrate, observe, and thereby control Chinese rural society.  In this episode, he discusses his book and its core arguments about “soft” authoritarian repression with <a href="https://cscc.sas.upenn.edu/people/Neysun_Mahboubi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neysun Mahboubi</a>, in a conversation which extends to the basic nature of local governance in China and the various mechanisms by which it may (or may not) be held to account.  The episode was recorded on April 12, 2018. Dan Mattingly is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University.  His research focuses on the political economy of development, authoritarian rule, and Chinese politics.  His new book on “The Art of Political Control in China” is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press, and his articles have previously appeared in Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, World Development, and World Politics.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and was later a postdoctoral fellow at the <a href="https://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law</a> at Stanford University.  You can follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mattinglee?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@mattinglee</a>. Music credit: "<a href="https://poppy.bandcamp.com/track/salt" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Salt</a>" by Poppy Ackroyd, follow her at <a href="http://poppyackroyd.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://poppyackroyd.com</a> Special thanks to Nick Marziani and <a href="https://supchina.com/author/kaiserkuo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kaiser Kuo</a>

Local Governance and Accountability in China – Dan Mattingly