Dr. Zhen Wang

Professor

Dr. Zhen Wang
615-898-2389
Room 232, Peck Hall (PH)
MTSU Box 29, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Office Hours

Spring 2024: M: 11:20-12:20; 14:10-15:10 & W: 12:40-2:05 (Zoom)

Degree Information

  • PHD, University of Minnesota (2013)
  • MPA, Northern Arizona University (2004)
  • BA, University of International Relations (2001)

Areas of Expertise

My current research examines bureaucratic politics in China with a particular focus on the Communist Party’s institutions of personnel management.  

 

Publications

Wang, Zhen. 2022. "The Unfulfilled Ambition: Appraising the Party’s Rank and File Through Technology." American Review of China Studies 23(1), 23-43.  

Wang, Zhen. 2022. "How the Chinese Communist Party Manages the Bureaucracy: The Case for Rethinking the Role of Information Technology and Good Governance." Education About Asia 27(1), online exclusive feature article,

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Wang, Zhen. 2022. "The Unfulfilled Ambition: Appraising the Party’s Rank and File Through Technology." American Review of China Studies 23(1), 23-43.  

Wang, Zhen. 2022. "How the Chinese Communist Party Manages the Bureaucracy: The Case for Rethinking the Role of Information Technology and Good Governance." Education About Asia 27(1), online exclusive feature article, https://www.asianstudies.org/wp-content/ uploads/WangSpring2022EAAOnlineSupplement.pdf.      

Wang, Zhen. 2021. "The Elusive Pursuit of Incentive Systems: Research on the Cadre Management Regime in Post-Mao China." Journal of Chinese Political Science 26: 573–592.    

Wang, Zhen. 2020. "Seeking Performance or Control? Tethered Party Innovation in China's Performance Evaluation System.” Journal of Chinese Governance 5(4), 503-524.  

Wang, Zhen. 2019. "Conducting Fieldwork and Interviews: Researching China's Performance Evaluation System." SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi:10.4135/9781526474339.  

Wang, Zhen. 2018. "Using the Performance Evaluation System to Combat Corruption: Promises and Challenges." Chinese Political Science Review 3(4), 389-410.  

Wang, Zhen. 2018. "Reassessing the Performance Evaluation System in the Xi Jinping Era: Changes and Implications." East Asia: An International Quarterly 35(1): 59–77.  

Wang, Zhen. 2017. "Government Work Reports: Securing State Legitimacy through Institutionalization." The China Quarterly 229: 195–204.  

Wang, Zhen. 2016. Review of Company Law in China: Regulation of Business Organizations in A Socialist Market Economy, by Jiangyu Wang (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014). American Journal of Chinese Studies 23(1): 109-110.

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Courses

  • PS 1010 Introduction to Global Politics
  • PS 3220 Comparative Politics
  • PS 4310/5310 Comparative Asian Government
  • PS 4325/5325 Chinese Politics
  • PS 4801 Senior Seminar in International Relations
  • PS 6200 Seminar in Comparative Politics
  • GS 2010 Introduction to Cross-Cultural Experiences