Format:
1 online resource (458 pages)
ISBN:
9789812706805
Series Statement:
Series on Contemporary China Ser. v.7
Content:
Key Features:Explores how informal politics and behavior shape China's central-local relationsConceptualizes China's central-local relations from a behavioral perspectiveShows how China's central-local relations function on federalist principlesExamines unexpected consequences of China's decentralization and globalizationProvides multi-provincial case studiesProvides clues on future development of China's political system, especially central-local relations.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- THE RESEARCH -- THE ORGANIZATION -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1. Approaches to Central-Local Relations in China -- THE STRUCTURAL APPROACH -- The Totalitarian Model -- The Pluralist Model -- The Cellular Model -- Recent Development of the Structural Approach -- THE PROCEDURAL APPROACH -- THE CULTURAL APPROACH -- SEARCH FOR A NEW PARADIGM -- 2. De Facto Federalism: Organizations, Procedures and Norms in China's Central-Local Relations -- DE FACTO FEDERALISM AND STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS -- Defining Federalism: Formal Institutional vs. Behavioral -- Inter-governmental Decentralization as a Source of De Facto Federalism -- DE FACTO FEDERALISM: ORGANIZATIONS, PROCEDURES AND NORMS -- COERCION, BARGAINING AND RECIPROCITY: HOW DE FACTO FEDERALISM WORKS -- Coercion -- Bargaining -- Reciprocity -- CONCLUSION -- 3. Reciprocal Interaction in De Facto Federalism -- THE SHADOW OF THE PAST VS. THE SHADOW OF THE FUTURE -- THE SHADOW OF THE PAST: CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS UNDER MAO -- Economic Decentralization under Mao -- Economic Decentralization under Deng -- Historical Legacy of Central-Local Political Relations -- RECIPROCITY: CENTER-PROVINCE RELATIONS IN THE REFORM ERA -- Reciprocity and Interest Representation -- The Nomenklatura System -- Reciprocity: "Play to the Provinces" and "Play to the Center" -- CONCLUSION -- 4. Autonomous Development in De Facto Federalism: Jiangsu under Decentralization -- ADJUSTING DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES -- History -- Maoist Legacy -- Reform: Policy Adjustment and Industrial Expansion -- FISCAL REFORMS, CHANGING INVESTMENT PATTERNS AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE -- Fiscal Reforms and Changing Local Incentives -- Incentives for Local Growth and Changes in Investment Patterns -- STRUGGLES FOR AN EXPORT-LED DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789812700162
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789812700162
Language:
English
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