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Black or Fifty Shades of Grey? The Power and Limits of the Social Credit Blacklist System in China

Autor(en)
Alexander Trauth-Goik, Chuncheng Liu
Abstrakt

Punishment from the state can rely on formal state apparatuses, but also the mobilization and co-option of the deviant’s own social connections to enhance the power of social control. This study utilizes a mixed-method design based on 30 interviews and a national survey to examine how such ‘relational punishment’ operates in China today as part of the nation-wide Social Credit Blacklist System. The authors first trace the history of blacklisting as a governance tool. The article then illustrates how the state’s symbolic campaign encourages the ostracization of blacklisted people. However, this power has its limits. People commonly differentiate the character of blacklisted people with contextual and relational information, constructing alternative meanings for individuals thus labelled, therefore undermining the reach and influence of the Blacklist System.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften
Externe Organisation(en)
University of California, San Diego
Journal
Journal of Contemporary China
Band
32
Seiten
1017-1033
Anzahl der Seiten
17
ISSN
1067-0564
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2022.2128638
Publikationsdatum
09-2022
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
602045 Sinologie
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Geography, Planning and Development, Development, Political Science and International Relations
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https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/black-or-fifty-shades-of-grey-the-power-and-limits-of-the-social-credit-blacklist-system-in-china(9e9d98f3-27e4-4742-8bf1-6da9a007cc55).html