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Informationen zum Autor Linda Chelan Li has been Assistant Professor in the Department of Public and Social Administration at the City University of Hong Kong since 1995. Previously she has worked as an Executive Officer in the Hong Kong government, and as Legislative Council Advisor / Policy Advisor to various Hong Kong government officials. Klappentext This book constructs an interactive model of power to explain the relations of the central and provincial governments in reform China. Unlike most previous analyses, Centre and Provinces: China 1978-93 argues that provincial non-compliance is partly the product of central policy as well as provincial choice. Zusammenfassung Centre and Provinces: China 1978-93 goes beyond the dominant state capacity paradigm to argue for an interactive model to explain the political relations between the central and provincial governments in contemporary China. The uni-dimensional, centrist perspective of the state capacity paradigm has failed to adequately explain the coexistence of central and provincial power, and to anticipate circumstances of change. In this book a hybrid rational-choice cum institutional approach highlights the mutual power of both the Centre and the provinces. each party, the Centre or the provinces, imposes structural constraints upon the other. Power is not a zero-sum game. The cases of Shanghai and Guangdong, important resourceful provinces under very different central policy contexts, contrast possible interactions between central policy and provincial choice. Conflicts amidst a context of mutual dependence necessitate compromise on both sides, and qualitative changes to centreprovince relations as a result may well have long-term implications for wider political processes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Towards a non-zero sum analytical framework 2: Decline in central control over investment 3: Investment in Guangdong: central policy and provincial implementation 4: Investment in Shanghai: central policy and provincial implementation 5: Discretion and strategies in Guangdong 6: Discretion and strategies in Shanghai 7: Centre and provinces: interactive processes 8: Shifting central provincial relations: emerging trends Appendix 1 Data collection Appendix 2 Interview respondents Bibliography Index ...
