De facto federalism in China : reforms and dynamics of central-local relations / / Zheng Yongnian

• Autore: Zheng Yongnian
• Pubblicazione: Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (458 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.451
• Soggetto topico: Federal government - China; State-local relations - China; Decentralization in government - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Politics and government 2002-
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-417) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; THE RESEARCH; THE ORGANIZATION; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Approaches to Central-Local Relations in China; THE STRUCTURAL APPROACH; The Totalitarian Model; The Pluralist Model; The Cellular Model; Recent Development of the Structural Approach; THE PROCEDURAL APPROACH; THE CULTURAL APPROACH; SEARCH FOR A NEW PARADIGM; 2. De Facto Federalism: Organizations, Procedures and Norms in China's Central-Local Relations; DE FACTO FEDERALISM AND STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS; Defining Federalism: Formal Institutional vs. Behavioral ; Inter-governmental Decentralization as a Source of De Facto FederalismDE FACTO FEDERALISM: ORGANIZATIONS, PROCEDURES AND NORMS; COERCION, BARGAINING AND RECIPROCITY: HOW DE FACTO FEDERALISM WORKS; Coercion; Bargaining; Reciprocity; CONCLUSION; 3. Reciprocal Interaction in De Facto Federalism; THE SHADOW OF THE PAST VS. THE SHADOW OF THE FUTURE; THE SHADOW OF THE PAST: CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS UNDER MAO; Economic Decentralization under Mao; Economic Decentralization under Deng; Historical Legacy of Central-Local Political Relations; RECIPROCITY: CENTER-PROVINCE RELATIONS IN THE REFORM ERA ; Reciprocity and Interest RepresentationThe Nomenklatura System; Reciprocity: "Play to the Provinces" and "Play to the Center"; CONCLUSION; 4. Autonomous Development in De Facto Federalism: Jiangsu under Decentralization; ADJUSTING DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; History; Maoist Legacy; Reform: Policy Adjustment and Industrial Expansion; FISCAL REFORMS, CHANGING INVESTMENT PATTERNS AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; Fiscal Reforms and Changing Local Incentives; Incentives for Local Growth and Changes in Investment Patterns; STRUGGLES FOR AN EXPORT-LED DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ; The Initiation of the Export-Led PolicyProvincial Responses to Central Initiatives; GOVERNMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND RURAL INDUSTRY; Organizing Markets; CONCLUSION; 5. The Center, Local State and Local Community: Zhejiang under Inter-governmental Decentralization; COMMERCIAL TRADITION AND ITS IMPACT ON MODERN ZHEJIANG; POLICY ADJUSTMENT UNDER INTER-GOVERNMENTAL DECENTRALIZATION; FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AND CHANGES IN INVESTMENT PATTERNS; THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPORT-LED STRATEGY; STATE SPONSORSHIP AND THE GROWTH OF THE NON-STATE SECTOR; THE WENZHOU MODEL: THE STATE AND THE PRIVATE ECONOMY ; Local Communities and the Development of a Private SectorLocal Communities and Market Building; Private Sector and State Priority; CONCLUSION; 6. Coercion and Policy Enforcement: Guangdong under Inter-governmental Recentralization; THE FORMATION OF LOCALISM IN GUANGDONG; Historical Origins of Guangdong Localism; GUANGDONG "LOCALISM" IN THE POST-MAO ERA; GUANGDONG LOCALISM: BEYOND THE BOUNDARY; Bureaucratic Enterprises and Dynamism of Excessive Localism; SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS ON GUANGDONG LOCALISM; THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST GUANGDONG LOCALISM; THE LIMITATIONS OF THE NOMENKLATURA SYSTEM ; Li Changchun and Guangdong
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is the first attempt to conceptualize China's central-local relations from the behavioral perspective. Although China does not have a federalist system of government, the author believes that, with deepening reform and openness, China's central-local relations is increasingly functioning on federalist principles. Federalism as a functioning system in China is under studied. The author defines the political system existing in China as "de facto federalism", and provides a detailed analysis of its sources and dynamics in the book. The system is mainly driven by two related factors - in
• Titolo autorizzato: De facto federalism in China
• ISBN: 1-281-90891-6; 9786611908911; 981-270-680-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811065703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series on Contemporary China, No. 7