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9780231176200
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Despite the destabilizing pull of a vast territory and a large multicultural population, the centralized government of the People's Republic of China has held together for decades, resisting efforts at local autonomy. By examining Beijing's strategies for maintaining control even in the reformist post-Mao era, Centrifugal Empire reveals the unique thinking behind China's approach to local governance, its historical roots, and its deflection of divergent interests. Centrifugal Empire examines the logic, mode, and instrument of local governance established by the People's Republic, and then comp
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Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- 1. China as a Centrifugal Empire: Size, Diversity, and Local Governance -- 2. China Goes Local (Again): Assessing Post-Mao Decentralization -- 3. The Subnational Hierarchy in Time: Institutional Changes (and Continuities) -- 4. The Center's Perceptions of Local Bureaucracy in China: A Typological First-Cut -- 5. The Center's Instruments of Local Control -- 6. Determinants of Local Discretion in Implementation: Exploring Policy-Contingent Variations -- 7. The Political Economy of Vertical Support and Horizontal Networks
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8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231176200
Additional Edition:
Print version Chung, Jae Ho Centrifugal Empire : Central-Local Relations in China La Vergne : Columbia University Press,c2016 ISBN 9780231176200
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