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UNINA9910778161803321 |
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Autore |
Pei Minxin |
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Titolo |
China's trapped transition [[electronic resource] ] : the limits of developmental autocracy / / Minxin Pei |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2006 |
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0-674-26642-0 |
0-674-04198-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (307 p.) |
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Democracy - China |
China Politics and government 1976-2002 |
China Economic policy 1976-2000 |
China Economic policy 2000- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-278) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- ONE. Why Transitions Get Trapped: A Theoretical Framework -- TWO. Democratizing China? -- THREE. Rent Protection and Dissipation: The Dark Side of Gradualism -- FOUR. Transforming the State: From Developmental to Predatory -- FIVE. China's Mounting Governance Deficits -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index -- Appendix: Reported Cases of Local Mafia States -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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In a book sure to provoke debate, Minxin Pei examines the sustainability of the Chinese Communist Party's reform strategy--pursuing pro-market economic policies under one-party rule. Combining powerful insights with empirical research, China's Trapped Transitio offers a provocative assessment of China's future as a great power. |
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UNINA9910964006103321 |
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Autore |
John Peter <1960-> |
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Local governance in Western Europe / / Peter John |
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London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 2001 |
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1 online resource (xii, 202 pages) |
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Local government - Europe, Western |
Comparative government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; 1: From Local Government to Local Governance; 2: Local Government Systems in Western Europe; 3: Local Regimes in Western Europe; 4: The Europeanization of Sub-national Governance; 5: Privatization and the New Public Management; 6: Institutional Formation and Regionalism; 7: Leadership and the Local Executive; 8: Renewing Local Democracy; 9: Conclusions; References; Index |
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This work provides a comprehensive introduction to local government and urban politics in contemporary Western Europe. The author shows how local government institutions have been subject to change as a response to Europeanisation. |
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UNINA9910956040803321 |
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Autore |
Powel Brieg |
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Europe and Tunisia : democratisation via association / / Brieg Powel and Larbi Sadiki |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010 |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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1-136-99439-4 |
1-282-58959-8 |
9786612589591 |
0-203-85498-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Democratization - Tunisia |
Tunisia Foreign relations European Union countries |
Tunisia Politics and government |
European Union countries Foreign relations Tunisia |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-206) and index. |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Association via democratisation? Democratisation via association?; 2 Tunisia and Europe: The dialectics of association and reform from Khayr al-Din to Bin Ali; 3 Forging the association: The evolution of EU democracy promotion in the Mediterranean; 4 Unfulfilled reform: Implementing democracy promotion in Tunisia; 5 Stability, democracy, or both?: EU indecision and Tunisian inaction; 6 The 'Second Republic' and citizenship in Bin Ali's Tunisia: Democracy versus unity, 1987-2001 |
7 The 'Republic of Tomorrow': The twin quest for association and democratisation, 2002-20098 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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This book is concerned with EU democracy promotion inside Tunisia, the first Arab signatory of an Association Agreement with the EU. Focusing on the content, context, mechanisms, and outcomes of democratization via association, the authors examine whether Tunisia's specific mode of democratization works in tandem with EU democracy |
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promotion objectives, and the extent to which both adapt association in a way that neither sabotages EU democracy promotion nor undermines Tunisia's specificity. Drawing on Arabic, English and French sources, the book deploys a variety of methods and discip |
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