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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778859403321

Titolo

The political economy of China's provinces : comparative and competitive advantage / / edited by Hans Hendrischke and Feng Chongyi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-134-62100-0

1-134-62101-9

1-280-33409-6

0-203-01421-9

0-203-15891-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HendrischkeHans J. <1948->

FengChongyi <1961->

Disciplina

338.951

Soggetti

Provincial governments - China

Central-local government relations - China

Decentralization in government - China

China Economic conditions 1976-2000

China Economic policy 1976-2000

China Politics and government 1976-2002

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Political Economy of China's Provinces; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1 Provinces in competition: region, identity and cultural construction; 2 Selling Guizhou: cultural development in an era of marketisation; 3 Shaanxi: the search for comparative advantage; 4 Uneven development: prosperity and poverty in Jiangsu; 5 Hubei: rising abruptly over central China?; 6 Tianjin - quiet achiever?; 7 King Coal and Secretary Hu: Shanxi's third modernisation

8 Jiangxi in reform: the fear of exclusion and the search for a new identityIndex



Sommario/riassunto

The Political Economy of China's Provinces is the first book to introduce the concept of competitive advantage in the context of Chinese provincial studies.