ABSTRACT
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the profound changes in Chinas central-local relations since the late 1970s. Lending insight into a crucial component of Chinas current political economy and the transformation of state socialism, the contributors challenge conventional wisdom that state power rests in the traditional dichotomy of st
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |15 pages
Introduction
Changing Central-Local Relations in China: Reform and State Capacity
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part One|72 pages
Historical Perspective and Overview
part Two|89 pages
Functional Dimensions
part Three|82 pages
Regional Differentiation and Case Studies