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.
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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.
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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