People: Research Faculty
Yuen Yuen Ang
Faculty Associate
Appointments
Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Faculty Associate, Center for Chinese Studies
Degree
Ph.D. 2010 Stanford University (Political Science)
Other
Yuen Yuen Ang’s Personal Website & CV
Yuen Yuen Ang’s Google Scholar Profile
Research
Yuen Yuen Ang is named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow awarded for “high-caliber scholarship that applies fresh perspectives to some of the most pressing issues of our times.” Professor Ang studies economic and political development, with a focus on adaptation and innovation, especially in emerging markets. On China, her expertise is on the politics of development and its rising global role. She is the author of a multi-award winning book, How China Escaped the Poverty Trap (2016), and a second book, China’s Gilded Age: the Paradox of Economic Boom & Vast Corruption (2020). She is an advisory board member of Cambridge University Press’ Elements Series in the Politics of Development, and of Global Perspectives, a new cross-disciplinary journal addressing global issues.
Contact
Department of Political Science, University of Michigan
7719 Haven Hall, 505 South State Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1045
Phone: 734–936–0089
Email: yuenang@umich.edu
University of Michigan Online Directory listing
Selected Publications
Please also see Yuen Yuen Ang’s Personal Website or Yuen Yuen Ang’s Google Scholar Profile.
2016. How China Escaped the Poverty Trap. Cornell University Press. Cornell Studies in Political Economy.
2016. “Beyond Weber: Conceptualizing an Alternative Ideal Type of Bureaucracy in Developing Contexts,” Regulation & Governance.
2016. “Co-optation & Clientelism: Nested Distributive Politics in China’s Single-Party Dictatorship,” Studies in Comparative International Development, online first, pp. 1-22.
2014. Authoritarian Restraints on Online Activism Revisited: Why ‘I-Paid-A-Bribe’ Worked in India but Failed in China, Comparative Politics, Volume 47, Issue 1, pp. 21-40
2014. Perverse Complementarity: Political Connections and Use of Courts Among Chinese Firms (With Nan JIA), The Journal of Politics, Volume 76, Issue 2, pp. 318-332.