Central Control and Local Discretion in China
by Jae Ho Chung
ISBN-10: 0198297777
ISBN-13: 9780198297772
$315.00
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Cloth
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published on
Oct 26, 2000
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
6.00x0.60x9.00 Inches
Weight
1.04 Pounds
About the Book
'Because of the sheer size of China's population and territory, the relationship between central and local government in China has been a crucial topic for investigation. Jae Ho Chung's new book is a considerable step forward in expanding our knowledge on the topic. It sheds new light on centre-province relations in China through a thorough analysis of the process and ramifications of decollectivization during the early 1980s. It offers a sophisticated and convincing explanation for provincial discretion in implementing central policies in the process' -The China JournalThis book analyses the decollectivization reform in China during the early 1980s in order to gauge the scope of central control and provincial discretion. The volume challenges the notion that the centre's decision to decentralize administrative authority ipso facto produces local discretion properly keyed to local conditions. The findings suggest that bureaucratic careerism plays as crucial a role as local interests and central-local clientilistic networks do.