The rise of think tanks in China / / Xufeng Zhu

• Autore: Zhu Xufeng
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 pages)
• Disciplina: 320.60951
• Soggetto topico: Political planning - Decision making - China; Public administration - Political aspects - China; Research institutes - Political aspects - China; Research institutes - Research - China; Policy sciences - Research - China
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-207) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; PART I Theoretical and analytical framework; 1 Introduction; Observing think tanks in China; Explaining the influence of think tanks; Method and data; Structure of this book; 2 Think tanks and China's think tanks; The concept of think tanks; Think tanks in China; The development of China's think tanks; 3 Influences of China's think tanks; What is the influence of think tanks?; The paradigm of ""social structure""; Contributions of think tank networks ; Behavioral strategy of think tanks PART II Different origins and behavioral patterns: seven cases; 4 Government-affiliated semi-official think tanks; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC); China Centre for Information Industry Development (CCID); 5 Nongovernmental operational think tanks with government sponsorship; China Development Institute (CDI); China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE); 6 Nongovernmental think tanks; Unirule Institute of Economics (Tianze) ; Beijing Dajun Center for Economic Watch and Studies (Dajun Center)Summary of case studies; PART III Networks, influences, and social consequences: A nationwide survey; 7 Observations of think tank influence and networks; Think tank influence; Think tank networks; 8 The origin of think tank networks; Knowledge utilization; Stability of occupational mobility; Administrative networks; Data and results; 9 Influences and strategies; The effects of think tank networks; Knowledge utilization; 10 Social consequences: does think tanks' influence matter? ; Changes in China's policy decision-making processThink tank behaviors as an independent variable; Empirical results; PART IV Conclusion; 11 Policy market in China; Theoretical progress; Empirical research findings; Social values and trap; Appendix A Methods of China's think tanks questionnaire survey in 2004; Appendix B China's think tank questionnaire; Appendix C Representativeness tests; Appendix D Measurement of other variables; Appendix E Model multicollinearity tests; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite continuing criticism of the Chinese authoritarian political system, the range of participants in the decision-making process has widened, with different social actors now playing an increasingly important role in the Chinese policymaking process. Accordingly, the role of think tanks in the policymaking process has generated great interest within and outside China. This book explores the behaviour and influence of China’s think tanks, and explains the reasons and social consequences of the rise of think tanks in China.The book raises several questions on the topic: How did think tanks emerge in China? What are the essential factors that determine think tanks in terms of building their governmental and personal networks? How do think tanks work and build their influence in the Chinese policy process? What happens to Chinese society when think tanks become important policy participants in the policy process? The book goes on to discuss new perspectives on policy processes and elite politics in China, and empirically, with comparative case study and data from nationwide questionnaire surveys, provides a comprehensive picture of think tanks in the current political system of the country
• Titolo autorizzato: The rise of think tanks in China
• ISBN: 1-283-71218-0; 0-203-10026-3; 1-136-23054-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462224503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: China Policy Series