The logic and limits of political reform in China / / Joseph Fewsmith [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Fewsmith Joseph <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 219 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 320.951
• Soggetto topico: Political participation - China; Local government - China; Democratization - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Politics and government
• Classificazione: POL040020
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The Logic and Limits of Political Reform in China; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Maps; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Problem of Governance in China; Representation; Institutional Innovation Does Not Mean Institutionalization; Conclusion; 2 Bottom-Up Reform versus Top-Down Development; The Eight-Step Work Method; A Shifting Balance of Power; Qiu He: Development by Iron Fist; Urban Reconstruction; Suqian Party Secretary; Education; Political Reform; Political Support; Conclusion; 3 Inner-Party Democracy; The Development of Inner-Party Democracy ; The Buyun ElectionYa'an City; Li Zhongbin and Xindu; Pingchang County; Outside Sichuan; Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture; Xuzhou; Some Conclusions; 4 Wenzhou: Social Capital without Civil Society; Emergence of the "Wenzhou Model"; The Growth of Business Associations; Organization and Structure; Geographic Reach; Relations between the Chambers of Commerce and Government; Social Capital, Not Civil Society: The Efficiency Revolution; Party Branches and Private Enterprise; Conclusion; 5 Consultative Authoritarianism: The Wenling Model; Village and Township Democratic Consultations ; Relations with the Local People's CongressesBreakthrough in Financial Supervision; Deepening the Reforms; Toward Institutionalization?; Debate; Extension of "Deliberative Democracy"; Effectiveness; Sustainability; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the 1990s China embarked on a series of political reforms intended to increase, however modestly, political participation to reduce the abuse of power by local officials. Although there was initial progress, these reforms have largely stalled and, in many cases, gone backward. If there were sufficient incentives to inaugurate reform, why wasn't there enough momentum to continue and deepen them? This book approaches this question by looking at a number of promising reforms, understanding the incentives of officials at different levels, and the way the Chinese Communist Party operates at the local level. The short answer is that the sort of reforms necessary to make local officials more responsible to the citizens they govern cut too deeply into the organizational structure of the party.
• Altri titoli varianti: The Logic & Limits of Political Reform in China
• Titolo autorizzato: Logic and limits of political reform in China
• ISBN: 1-139-61112-7; 1-107-23775-0; 1-139-38170-9; 1-139-62600-0; 1-139-61670-6; 1-107-25569-4; 1-139-61298-0; 1-139-62228-5; 1-283-94356-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826703603321
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