04813oam 2200709I 450 991082198360332120240418075705.01-317-47836-31-315-70694-60-585-22645-810.4324/9781315706948 (CKB)111004366774912(EBL)3569424(MiAaPQ)EBC3569424(OCoLC)958107081(EXLCZ)9911100436677491220180706e20151999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierUnstately power /Lynn T. White, III2nd ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (800 p.)"An East Gate book.""Written under the auspices of the Center of International Studies, Princeton University and the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong."First published 1999 by M.E. Sharpe.0-7656-0149-4 0-7656-0148-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Shanghai Delta Map""; ""Provinces of China Map""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Romanizations""; ""A Note about Wordings""; ""Tables""; ""Plates""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Part 2, Legitimation: Local Seers Reform Political Truth-Commitment After Campaigns""; ""2.1 Reform of Ideology""; ""2.2 Reform of Religion""; ""2.3 Reform of Media""; ""2.4 Reform of the Arts""; ""a. Painting and Visual Arts""; ""b. Literature, Theater, and Film""; ""Plates""; ""c. Music""; ""2.5 Reforms of Entitlement Support""""a. Housing and Residents""""b. Transport Infrastructure and Commuters""; ""c. Relief and Pensioners""; ""d. Health and Environment for Citizens""; ""e. Birth Planning and Parents""; ""f. Opportunities and Women""; ""g. School Finance and Students""; ""h. Ethnic Respect and Minorities""; ""Part 3, Sanctions: Commanders Reform Political Tradition-Coercive Incentives by State and Nonstate Communities""; ""Sanctions and Communities in Reforms""; ""Families and their Imitators""; ""Identity Groups Define Corruption or Rent""; ""Patronism and Leninism""; ""3.1 Sanctioning Agencies""""a. Police""""b. Army ""; ""c. Courts and Lawyers""; ""3.2 The Control of Social Groups""; ""a. Workers""; ""b. Academics""; ""c. Students""; ""Part 4, Steering: Statesmen Reform Political Structure-Authoritarianism, Liberalism, and Alternatives""; ""Divisions by Flexibility: The Combination of Lions and Foxes""; ""Divisions by Administrative Level: The Community Consensus Rule""; ""Divisions by Space: Mid-Level Rule from Cities""; ""Divisions by Faith in Particular State Leaders""; ""4.1 Leadership Selection""; ""a. Cadre Appointments""; ""b. Cadre Retirements""; ""c. Local Elections""""4.2 Policy Selection""""a. Legislating""; ""b. Gathering Opinions""; ""c. Demonstrating""; ""4.3 Selection of Political Structure""; ""a. Constitutional Rights and Duties""; ""b. Proposals for Changing Political Structure""; ""c. Antidemocratic Scientism""; ""d. Regime Types: Modern Options in Theory""; ""e. Actual Reforms of Structure: Party or Management""; ""Conclusion: China Changes""; ""Long-Term Rationality""; ""Causal Circumspection: Reasoning in Multiple Dimensions""; ""Centralizations and Decentralizations: State and Nonstate""; ""Civil and Uncivil Institutions""""Reconciliation vs. Memory in Postrevolutionary Politics""""Cold Shower vs. Slow Reforms: Reactions to Communism's Demise""; ""Predicting the Future""; ""Sources""; ""Index""A critique of America's flawed Asia policy that centres on US-Japan relations but harkens back to the same disastrous views that drew America into Vietnam.Local governmentChinaEntrepreneurshipChinaPolitical planningChinaPower (Social sciences)ChinaPolitics and cultureChinaLaw reformChinaChinaEconomic policy1976-2000Local governmentEntrepreneurshipPolitical planningPower (Social sciences)Politics and cultureLaw reform303.40951White Lynn T.III,1941-,1654139Princeton University.Center of International Studies.University of Hong Kong.Centre of Asian Studies.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821983603321Unstately power4005786UNINA