Is guanxi unfair?Market reform and the public attitude toward guanxi in urban China  

作　　者：Felicia F.Tian 

机构地区：[1]Department of Sociology,Fudan University,220 Handan Road,Yangpu District,Shanghai 200433,China

出　　处：《The Journal of Chinese Sociology》2020年第1期488-504,共17页中国社会学杂志（英文）

基　　金：The work is supported by National Social Science Foundation of China,Fund for Young Scholars,“Community Power Structure,Social Capital Building and Implications for Governance”(19CSH005).

摘　　要：Guanxi is a fundamental,but controversial,feature of Chinese society.This article examines public attitudes about the fairness of guanxi and how Chinese market reform is affecting these attitudes.The reciprocity-laden and tie-sensitive nature of guanxi conflicts with the efficiency-oriented goal of a market economy.Disapproval of guanxi is thus increasing as marketization progresses.Results from the 2008 Chinese General Social Survey show that guanxi is more likely to be viewed as unfair in places with higher levels of marketization.The educational gradient decreases with marketization,and change is more pronounced among people working in the market sector than it is among people working in the state sector.My findings suggest that Chinese market reform increases public disapproval of guanxi.

关 键 词：GUANXI Chinese market reform Public attitude FAIRNESS Education Employment sector 

分 类 号：F42[经济管理—产业经济]