Governance in China

Informationen zum Autor Jude Howell is professor and director of the Centre for Civil Society, London School of Economics. Klappentext Crucial to the success of any further economic reform, good governance is the Chinese Communist Party's greatest challenge as it plans for the future. This groundbreaking book explores the key dimensions of governance in China. These include the prospects for political reform; the processes of institution-building, such as strengthening state capacity and improving the legislative framework; enhancing regime legitimacy through local elections; and managing social discontent. Drawing on original fieldwork, the international group of authors provides a systematic analysis of the complex causes underlying China's governance problems and reflects on the prospects for future social and political change. This work explores the key dimensions of governance in China. These include the prospects for political reform as a new generation of leaders comes to power and China enters the World Trade Organization, the processes of building institutions, and the prevention and management of social discontent.

Product details

• Authors: Jude Howell
• Assisted by: Jude Howell (Editor), Howell Jude (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2003
• EAN: 9780742519879
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1987-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies