主讲：Dr. Yuen Yuen Ang
时间：2015年1月19日15:00-17:00
地点：紫金港校区西三B112
主持：余逊达 教授
主办单位：公共管理学院政治学系、亚洲未来领袖项目
主讲人简介：
Yuen Yuen Ang is Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Michigan. She studies development and governance in developing countries, primarily China, focusing on institutional change, bureaucracy, and corruption. Her research has appeared in The Journal of Politics, Comparative Politics, The China Quarterly, and is forthcoming in several edited volumes. Before joining Michigan, she was an Assistant Professor at Columbia University SIPA (School of International and Public Affairs), teaching economic and political development. She obtained her PhD from Stanford University.
主题：The Power of Simple Questions
Often, the toughest question that researchers and students face when crafting a research project is: What should be my research question? It is promising to start by asking simple questions about “what” (meaning) and “how” (process). By first thoroughly addressing simple questions, this effort may then open up new and larger questions—as well as unexpected answers. I share my experience of developing two articles that started with simple questions. The discussion will be based on the following articles, which can be downloaded from the Internet: “Counting Cadres: A Comparative View of the Size of China's Public Employment” (China Quarterly, 2012) and “Authoritarian Restraints on Online Activism Revisited: Why I-Paid-A-Bribe Worked in India But Failed in China” (Comparative Politics, 2014).