De Facto Federalism In China : Reforms And Dynamics Of Central-local Relations.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- THE RESEARCH -- THE ORGANIZATION -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1. Approaches to Central-Local Relations in China -- THE STRUCTURAL APPROACH -- The Totalitarian Model -- The Pluralist Model -- The Cellular Model -- Recent Development of the Structural Approach -- THE PROCEDURAL APPROACH -- THE CULTURAL APPROACH -- SEARCH FOR A NEW PARADIGM -- 2. De Facto Federalism: Organizations, Procedures and Norms in China's Central-Local Relations -- DE FACTO FEDERALISM AND STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS -- Defining Federalism: Formal Institutional vs. Behavioral -- Inter-governmental Decentralization as a Source of De Facto Federalism -- DE FACTO FEDERALISM: ORGANIZATIONS, PROCEDURES AND NORMS -- COERCION, BARGAINING AND RECIPROCITY: HOW DE FACTO FEDERALISM WORKS -- Coercion -- Bargaining -- Reciprocity -- CONCLUSION -- 3. Reciprocal Interaction in De Facto Federalism -- THE SHADOW OF THE PAST VS. THE SHADOW OF THE FUTURE -- THE SHADOW OF THE PAST: CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS UNDER MAO -- Economic Decentralization under Mao -- Economic Decentralization under Deng -- Historical Legacy of Central-Local Political Relations -- RECIPROCITY: CENTER-PROVINCE RELATIONS IN THE REFORM ERA -- Reciprocity and Interest Representation -- The Nomenklatura System -- Reciprocity: "Play to the Provinces" and "Play to the Center" -- CONCLUSION -- 4. Autonomous Development in De Facto Federalism: Jiangsu under Decentralization -- ADJUSTING DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES -- History -- Maoist Legacy -- Reform: Policy Adjustment and Industrial Expansion -- FISCAL REFORMS, CHANGING INVESTMENT PATTERNS AND INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE -- Fiscal Reforms and Changing Local Incentives -- Incentives for Local Growth and Changes in Investment Patterns -- STRUGGLES FOR AN EXPORT-LED DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.

The Initiation of the Export-Led Policy -- Provincial Responses to Central Initiatives -- GOVERNMENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND RURAL INDUSTRY -- Organizing Markets -- CONCLUSION -- 5. The Center, Local State and Local Community: Zhejiang under Inter-governmental Decentralization -- COMMERCIAL TRADITION AND ITS IMPACT ON MODERN ZHEJIANG -- POLICY ADJUSTMENT UNDER INTER-GOVERNMENTAL DECENTRALIZATION -- FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION AND CHANGES IN INVESTMENT PATTERNS -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXPORT-LED STRATEGY -- STATE SPONSORSHIP AND THE GROWTH OF THE NON-STATE SECTOR -- THE WENZHOU MODEL: THE STATE AND THE PRIVATE ECONOMY -- Local Communities and the Development of a Private Sector -- Local Communities and Market Building -- Private Sector and State Priority -- CONCLUSION -- 6. Coercion and Policy Enforcement: Guangdong under Inter-governmental Recentralization -- THE FORMATION OF LOCALISM IN GUANGDONG -- Historical Origins of Guangdong Localism -- GUANGDONG "LOCALISM" IN THE POST-MAO ERA -- GUANGDONG LOCALISM: BEYOND THE BOUNDARY -- Bureaucratic Enterprises and Dynamism of Excessive Localism -- SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS ON GUANGDONG LOCALISM -- THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST GUANGDONG LOCALISM -- THE LIMITATIONS OF THE NOMENKLATURA SYSTEM -- Li Changchun and Guangdong -- ONE STEP AHEAD IN ADJUSTING CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: SELECTED CASES OF CORRUPTION IN GUANGDONG -- Party and Government -- Police and Law Enforcement -- Finance -- Customs -- Others -- 7. Collective Bargaining and Central-Local Reciprocity: Inter-provincial Coalition in De Facto Federalism -- INSTITUTIONAL ROOTS FOR THE FORMATION OF THE INTER-PROVINCIAL COALITION -- THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWEST CHINA (ECASC) -- The Organization and its Principles -- Internal Cooperation -- ASSOCIATION AS COALITION: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WITH THE CENTER.

The Political Use of Minority Issues -- Exploring National Resources -- Linking the Association to the Central Government -- ESTABLISHING PROVINCIAL DYNAMISM IN CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE -- Background -- The ECASC and Foreign Trade -- Provincial Initiatives in Policy-Making -- Reaction from the Center -- CONCLUSION -- 8. Whither China's De Facto Federalism? -- PROVINCE (SHENG): UNCERTAIN EXPECTATIONS -- DYNAMICS OF DE FACTO FEDERALISM -- The Rise of Local Power -- Selective Economic Recentralization and Economic Federalism -- Strengthening the Nomenklatura System -- PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS AS SEMI-INDEPENDENT UNITS -- INSTITUTIONALIZING DE FACTO FEDERALISM: A POLITICAL SOLUTION? -- References -- Index.

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