Melanie Manion

Melanie Manion is an American political scientist. She is currently the Vor Broker Family Distinguished Professor at Duke University.

Manion’s research focuses on authoritarian governance, with empirical work on bureaucracy, corruption, information and political representation in China.

Education Manion holds a BA in East Asian studies from McGill University, a MA in Far Eastern studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a PhD in political science (1989) from the University of Michigan. She also studied political economy and philosophy at Peking University (1978-1980).

Academic career Prior to joining Duke in 2015, Manion was a Vilas-Jordan Distinguished Achievement professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Publications

Articles

Authoritarian Parochialism: Local Congressional Representation in China, China Quarterly, June 17, 2014 When Communist Party Candidates Can Lose, Who Wins? Assessing the Role of Local People's Congresses in the Selection of Leaders in China, China Quarterly, September 22, 2008