TY  - BOOK
AU  - Zhong,Yang
TI  - Local government and politics in China: challenges from below 
T2  - Studies on contemporary China
SN  - 9781317465898
AV  - JS7353.A2 Z46 2003
U1  - 320.8/0951 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Armonk, N.Y.
PB  - M.E. Sharpe
KW  - Local government
KW  - China
KW  - Administration locale
KW  - Chine
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Essays
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Government
KW  - General
KW  - National
KW  - Reference
KW  - fast
KW  - Lokaal bestuur
KW  - gtt
KW  - 1990-1999
KW  - rasuqam
KW  - Décentralisation gouvernementale
KW  - Gouvernement local
KW  - Réforme administrative
KW  - Structure organisationnelle
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-224) and index; Introduction -- Chinese local government in historical perspective -- Governmental and party organizations at county and township/town levels -- Local officials as rational actors in the Chinese cadre system -- Policy implementation at county and township/town levels -- Chinese village authorities as policy-implementation arms -- Conclusion; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - After over a decade of administrative and economic reform in mainland China, the center has become increasingly remote and less important for many localities. In many ways, the mobilization capacity of the central government has been weakened. Central government policies are often ignored and local officials are often more interested in personal projects than in centrally directed economic plans. In this study of local government and politics in China, the author explores when and why local government officials comply with policy directives from above. Drawing on interviews with government off
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