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Studies on Contemporary China Ser.: Centre and Provinces: China 1978-1993 : Power As Non-Zero-Sum by Linda Chelan Li (1998, Hardcover)

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198293615

ISBN-139780198293613

eBay Product ID (ePID)402209

Product Key Features

Number of Pages356 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCentre and Provinces: China 1978-1993 : Power As Non-Zero-Sum

SubjectHistory & Theory, World / Asian, American Government / State

Publication Year1998

TypeTextbook

AuthorLinda Chelan Li

Subject AreaPolitical Science

SeriesStudies on Contemporary China Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight20.6 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN97-039265

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal320.951/09047

Table Of ContentIntroduction1. Towards a non-zero sum analytical framework2. Decline in central control over investment3. Investment in Guangdong: central policy and provincial implementation4. Investment in Shanghai: central policy and provincial implementation5. Discretion and strategies in Guangdong6. Discretion and strategies in Shanghai7. Centre and provinces: interactive processes8. Shifting central provincial relations: emerging trendsAppendix 1 Data collectionAppendix 2 Interview respondentsBibliographyIndex

SynopsisCentre and Provinces: China 1978-93 goes beyond the dominant state capacity paradigm to argue for an interactive model to explain the political relations between the central and provincial governments in contemporary China. The uni-dimensional, centrist perspective of the state capacity paradigm has failed to adequately explain the coexistence of central and provincial power, and to anticipate circumstances of change. In this book a hybrid rational-choice cum institutional approach highlights the mutual power of both the Centre and the provinces. each party, the Centre or the provinces, imposes structural constraints upon the other. Power is not a zero-sum game. The cases of Shanghai and Guangdong, important resourceful provinces under very different central policy contexts, contrast possible interactions between central policy and provincial choice. Conflicts amidst a context of mutual dependence necessitate compromise on both sides, and qualitative changes to centreprovince relations as a result may well have long-term implications for wider political processes., This book constructs an interactive model of power to explain the relations of the central and provincial governments in reform China. Unlike most previous analyses, Centre and Provinces: China 1978-93 argues that provincial non-compliance is partly the product of central policy as well as provincial choice., This book constructs an interactive model of power to explain the relations of the central and provincial governments in reform China. Power in a context of interdependence flows from both sides. Unlike most previous analyses, Centre and Provinces: China 1978-93 argues that provincial non-compliance is partly the product of central policy as well as provincial choice. An adequate understanding of change requires full recognition of this mutuality of power and its manifestations. Compromises are struck amidst protracted conflicts and interdependence, resulting in a more institutionalized form of relations.

LC Classification NumberJQ1506.S8L5 1998