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Lynette H. Ong

University of Toronto

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3

Canada

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“  I'm currently working on state repression and citizen activism in authoritarian countries, with emphasis on China.  ”

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1.

Social Unrest in China

Long Briefing, Europe China Research and Academic Network (ECRAN), 2012
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 09 Nov 2012
Christian Goebel and Lynette H. Ong
University of Vienna and University of Toronto
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Social Unrest, China, Harmonious Society, Social Management

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'Thugs-for-Hire': State Coercion and 'Everyday Repression' in China

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 May 2015 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2018
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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Thugs, gangsters, repression, state coercion, third-party violence, regime legitimacy, authoritarian resilience, China

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Between Developmental and Clientelist States: Local State-Business Relationship in China

Comparative Politics, 44(2), 2012.
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 14 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2018
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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Developmental States, Local Governments, State-Business Relation, Privatization, Corruption, China

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Thugs and Outsourcing of State Repression in China

The China Journal, July 2018
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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repression, violence, thugs-for-hire, thugs, private repression, outsourcing of repression, China

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Communist Party and Financial Institutions: Institutional Design of China's Post-Reform Rural Credit Cooperatives

Pacific Affairs, Vol. 82, No. 1, Summer 2009
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Aug 2011
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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Communist Party, Financial Institutions, Corporate Governance, Rural Credit Cooperatives, Politics of Banking Reform, Collective Action, Insider Control, China

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State-Led Urbanization in China: Skyscrapers, Land Revenue, and 'Concentrated Villages'

China Quarterly, February 2014
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 May 2015
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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China; urbanization; infrastructure; local government debt; land; concentrated villages; peasant resettlement

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'Thugs-for-Hire': Subcontracting of State Coercion and State Capacity in China

Perspectives on Politics, 16(3), 2018
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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What Drives People to Protest in an Authoritarian Country? Resources and Rewards vs. Risks of Protests in Urban and Rural China

Political Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Feb 2018
Lynette H. Ong and Han Donglin
University of Toronto and Renmin University of China - School of International Studies
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Protest, Authoritarianism, Resource Mobilization, China

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Fiscal Federalism and Soft Budget Constraints: The Case of China

International Political Science Review, 33(4), 2012
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2018
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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Soft Budget Constraint, Bailout, Too-Big-to-Fail, Fiscal Federalism, Market-Preserving Federalism, Local Government Debt, Rural Credit Cooperatives, China

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The Apparent 'Paradox' in China's Climate Policies

The Apparent "Paradox" in China’s Climate Policies, Asian Survey, 52(6), 2012
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 29 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 25 May 2015
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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climate change, renewable energy, environment, 12th Five-Year Plan, China

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Reports of Social Unrest: Basic Characteristics, Trends and Patterns, 2003-12

Handbook of Research on Politics in China, edited by David S G Goodman, Edward Elgar. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 May 2015
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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Multiple Principals and Collective Action: China’s Rural Credit Cooperatives and Poor Households’ Access to Credit

Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 6, pp. 177-204, 2006
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Aug 2011
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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Principal-Agent, Multiple Principals, Collective Action, China’s Political Economy, Credit Cooperative

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Engaging a Huangniu: Commodification of State-Society Bargaining in China

Journal of Contemporary China, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 21 Jun 2018
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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state-society bargaining; protest; conflict resolution; repression; housing demolition; middleman; intermediaries; huangniu

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The Political Economy of Township Government Debt, Township Enterprises, and Rural Financial Institutions in China

The China Quarterly, Vol. 186, 2006
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 14 Aug 2011
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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political economy, local government debt, township, credit cooperative, China

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Chinese Rural Cooperative Finance in the Era of Post-Commercialized Rural Credit Cooperatives

The Chinese Economy, Vol. 47, No. 4, July-August 2014, pp.81-98
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 26 May 2015
Lynette H. Ong and Guangwen He
University of Toronto and China Agricultural University
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rural credit, microfinance, cooperative finance, China

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‘Land Grabbing’ in an Autocracy and a Multi-Party Democracy: China and India Compared

Journal of Contemporary Asia, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2018
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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Land, Land Grabs, Democracy, Autocracy, China, India

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Rural Development Since 1978: Agricultural Banking

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN CHINA, Vol. 3, Charles Scribner's Sons Publishing, 2009
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 14 Aug 2011
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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Agricultural Banking, China

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Rural Development Since 1978: Agricultural Policy

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN CHINA, Vol. 3, Charles Scribner's Sons Publishing, 2009
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 14 Aug 2011
Lynette H. Ong
University of Toronto
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Agricultural Policy, China