De facto federalism in China : reforms and dynamics of central-local relations /

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Author / Creator:	Zheng, Yongnian.
Imprint:	Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xxv, 431 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Series on contemporary China, 1793-0847 ; v. 7 Series on contemporary China ; v. 7.
Subject:	Federal government -- China. State-local relations -- China. Decentralization in government -- China. Decentralization in government. Federal government. Politics and government. State-local relations. China -- Politics and government -- 2002- China. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11170070

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ISBN:	9789812706805 9812706801 9812700161 9789812700162
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-417) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book is the first attempt to conceptualize China's central-local relations from the behavioral perspective. Although China does not have a federalist system of government, the author believes that, with deepening reform and openness, China's central-local relations is increasingly functioning on federalist principles. Federalism as a functioning system in China is under studied. The author defines the political system existing in China as "de facto federalism", and provides a detailed analysis of its sources and dynamics in the book. The system is mainly driven by two related factors - in.
Other form:	Print version: Zheng, Yongnian. De facto federalism in China. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2007 9812700161

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