China experiments : from local innovations to national reform /

China experiments : from local innovations to national reform /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Florini, Ann.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2012.
Description:	xii, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Public administration -- China. Organizational change -- China. Central-local government relations -- China. Decentralization in government -- China. Local government -- China. Central-local government relations. Decentralization in government. Local government. Organizational change. Politics and government Public administration. China -- Politics and government -- 2002- China.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8768882

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Other authors / contributors:	Lai, Hairong. Tan, Yeling. Brookings Institution.
ISBN:	9780815722007 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815722001 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-205) and index.
Summary:	"Using detailed and empirically grounded analysis, examines the changing relationship between the Chinese state and the society it governs, how governance choices made affect the country and the rest of the world, and how local Chinese authorities have responded to the challenges they face in coping with China's rapid transformation"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
1. China at a Crossroads
2. Streamlining the State
3. The Evolution of Voting Mechanisms
4. Civil Society
5. From Local Experiments to National Rules: China Lets the Sunshine In
6. Where Is China Going?
Notes
Index