Local Politics in Communist Countries.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction Local Communist Politics: An Overview -- PART I Participants in Subnational Communist Politics -- 1. Local Leadership Integration in the Soviet Union -- INTERNAL INTEGRATION IN THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC -- Total Years on Obkom Bureaus -- Bureau Turnover and Change -- Ages of Bureau Members -- Tenure and Age of Comparable Bureau Officials -- Ages of Middle Elite and Functional Specialists -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 2. Evaluating Citizen Performance at the Community Level: The Role of Party Affiliation in Yugoslavia -- ALL CITIZENS -- Civic Awareness -- Perception of Efficacy -- Participation -- Evaluation of Government -- LEAGUE MEMBERS, ALLIANCE MEMBERS, AND OTHER CITIZENS -- LEADERSHIP INDICATORS IN THE LEAGUE -- OUTSTANDING LEAGUE MEMBERS COMPARED TO OTHER MEMBERS -- LEAGUE MEMBERS COMPARED TO OTHER CITIZENS -- CONCLUSION: BEHAVIOR, ATTITUDES, AND AFFILIATION -- NOTES -- 3. Citizen Participation in Romania: The People's Council Deputy -- BECOMING A DEPUTY -- THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND OF DEPUTIES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 4. Political Participation in the USSR: The Public Inspector -- PUBLIC INSPECTORS -- INSPECTOR-ADMINISTRATOR -- SAFEGUARD OF CITIZEN INTERESTS -- THE INSPECTOR'S INFLUENCE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- PART II The Role of Subnational Institutions in the Making and Implementation of Policy -- 5. Commune Policies and Socioeconomic Parameters in Yugoslavia -- THE YUGOSLAV SETTING -- DATA AND METHODS -- DEVELOPMENTAL CONTEXT -- COMMUNE INITIATIVE -- QUALITY OF LIFE -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- 6. Polish Local Politics in Flux: Concentration or Deconcentration -- POLITICS OF THE REFORMS -- THE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS -- THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS -- EVALUATION OF THE NEW SYSTEM -- NOTES.

7. Decentralization and Control in Chinese Local Administration -- THE PREFECTORAL ROLE -- DECENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL AUTONOMY -- THE PREFECTORAL ROLE IN PRACTICE -- CAUSES AND REMEDIES -- LOCAL REFORMS: 1965 AND 1972 -- THE SUCCESS OF THE REFORMS -- NOTES -- Conclusion Participatory and Policymaking Dilemmas in Local Communist Politics -- PARTICIPATION AND ITS LIMITS -- POLICYMAKING AND ITS CONSTRAINTS -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- Index.

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