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Self-Fulfilling Prophecies at the Voting Booth: Evidence from Polling Effects around Electoral Thresholds

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Polihot 政治行为 比较政治 Polling Effects Electoral Thresholds Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Voting Behavior Strategic Voting
JOP — 2026-06-08 Original Self-Fulfilling Prophecies at the Voting Booth: Evidence from Polling Effects around Electoral Thresholds Werner Krause, Christina Gahn Abstract （原文未提供摘要） 中文 投票站中的自我实现预言：来自选举门槛附近民调效应的证据 Werner Krause, Christina Gahn

Representation Behind Closed Doors: The Effect of Electing Women Mayors on Domestic Violence

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Polihot 比较政治 公共政策 Women Mayors Descriptive Representation Domestic Violence Local Elections Gender and Politics
JOP — 2026-06-05 Original Representation Behind Closed Doors: The Effect of Electing Women Mayors on Domestic Violence Maya Dalton, Giancarlo Visconti Abstract （原文未提供摘要） 中文 闭门之中的代表：选举女性市长对家庭暴力的影响 Maya Dalton, Giancarlo Visconti

The Afterlife of Problem Judgments: Case Review, Discipline and Judicial Accountability in China

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Polihot 比较政治 公共行政 中国研究 China Judicial Accountability Case Review Courts Authoritarian Legality
CQ — pp. 1-17 2026-06-04 Original The Afterlife of Problem Judgments: Case Review, Discipline and Judicial Accountability in China Kwai Hang Ng, Peter C.H. Chan Abstract Abstract This article examines the reality of “let the adjudicator judge” by investigating how Chinese judges are held accountable for their judgments under the expanded ex post case review system. We examine the first three years of the implementation of this headline initiative in a grassroots court (Court T) located in a major city in China. Our data include the internal quarterly reports produced by the court’s case review committee and interviews with judges. The assessments went beyond legal analysis, commenting on matters such as work ethic, diligence and moral sensibilities. Frontline judges view the review system as subjective and arbitrary. The new mechanism, however, alters the power dynamics between senior judges and their subordinates. While frontline judges no longer require pre-approval from senior judges, they rely on the goodwill of those same seniors to navigate the review process. Within this ostensibly freer framework, frontline judges are subjected to a more diffuse but pervasive form of discipline. Our analysis reveals how the adjudication committee, far from being sidelined, has shifted its role, concentrating ex ante supervision on a minority of difficult cases while holding judges accountable through ex post reviews of flawed judgments. The article further underscores the challenges of disentangling legal analysis from political supervision in a framework of authoritative legality.

Filtered Policy Implementation: Evidence from Rural China

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Polihot 比较政治 公共行政 中国研究 China Policy Implementation Rural Governance Agriculture Central-Local Relations
JCC — pp. 1-17 2026-06-02 Original Filtered Policy Implementation: Evidence from Rural China Suyuan He, Weiye Wang Abstract Through tracing incidents of agricultural product looting, this paper reveals the political logic behind local governments’ paradoxical behavior of promoting farmland scaling-up while marginalizing smallholders under the potential political threat of deviating from central directives. This dilemma stems from the evolution of bureaucratic evaluation arrangements and broader societal changes. Under increasing pressure on target assessments and supervision, local governments resort to measures including exploiting smallholders’ welfare to fulfil compulsory agricultural production targets, despite the fact that both production and welfare are two-fold of the integral goal of the state’s strategy. These practices have led to the collapse of traditional agricultural communities and heightened conflicts between local residents and nonlocal large-scale producers, reshaping grassroots agrarian production patterns profoundly and irreversibly.