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Handbook on local governance in China : structures, variations, and innovations
Title
Handbook on local governance in China : structures, variations, and innovations / edited by Ceren Ergenc (Researcher, East Asian Studies and Research Centre, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain) and David S. G. Goodman (University of Sydney, Australia).
ISBN
9781800883246 (e-book)
Publication
Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (484 pages).
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Summary
"Demonstrating the crucial importance of local governance in China's development and international relations, this topical Handbook combines theoretical approaches with novel methodological tools to understand state-society relations at the local level. The Handbook assesses the formal mechanisms that organize territorial relations and scales of state to reconceptualize the local in China's sociopolitical history. Addressing the complexity of local governance, it examines both the state and societal actors that are involved in how local policies are designed and implemented. Chapters review the emerging literature on Chinese bureaucracy, central-local relations, administrative hierarchies, functional division of power in local governments, and policy innovation. Looking towards the future of the neoliberal capitalist world order, the Handbook also considers economic governance at the local level in the evolving contexts of digitalization and green transformation, before tackling issues related to social governance including housing policies and public services. Interdisciplinary in scope, this comprehensive Handbook will be essential to students and scholars of Asian politics, policy, urban studies, and regulation and governance. It will also benefit policymakers across Asia working in governmental regulation and public administration and management"-- Provided by publisher.
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Elgaronline.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2023
Series
Handbooks of research on contemporary China series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Contents: Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction to the handbook on local governance in China / Ceren Ergenc
Part I. Scales of state
1. Central control and local governance: The political economy of change since 1949 / David S.G. Goodman
2. From the administrative hierarchy to the system of administrative divisions / Carolyn Cartier and Puzhou Wu
3. The administrative structure and restructuring of cities in contemporary China / Kyle A. Jaros
4. The internal organization of local government in China / Nabo Chen and Xueguang Zhou
5. Xi's third way: Illiberal institutionalization / Björn Alpermann and Philipp C.D. Immel
6. Cadres and local policy experimentation / Reza Hasmath and Jessica C. Teets
7. Developments in urban neighborhood governance / Beibei Tang
8. Informal governance at China's borders / Tak-Wing Ngo
9. Public participation in local governance: Formal and deliberative institutions / Ceren Ergenc
10. Technocracy on the ground: Cadre competence, expert involvement, and scientific advice in China's local governance / Anna L. Ahlers
Part II. Economic governance
11. Digital governance in China / Genia Kostka
12. The digitalization and evolution of China's vertical governance model / Xiang Gao
13. Cyberspace and social governance: The role of the cyberspace administration office / Yiran Li
14. Local environmental governance / Daniele Brombal
15. Green and low-carbon-oriented urban redevelopment: The transformation of urban governance in China / Chen Li and Mark Wang
16. The entrepreneurial state: The case of wuxi's solar industry / Minglu Chen and Juan Chen
17. Service organization reform at the local level / Chenyang He, Ning Liu, and Carlos Wing-Hung Lo
18. Solid waste governance in cities / Natalie W.M. Wong
Part III. Social governance
19. The political economy of local housing governance: 1949-2022 / Zhao Zhang
20. Newly founded local universities: "land-grant colleges" on Chinese soil? / Qiang Zha
21. Welfare policy at the local level / Xian Huang
22. Migrants and local social inclusion / Wanyang Hu
23. Urban China and covid-19: How Chinese cities responded to the pandemic / Xuefei Ren
24. Labour relations governance at the local level / Frank Lefeng Lin
25. Innovative state and local variations: Governing religion in greater suzhou / Keping Wu
26. Judicial relations in local China / Juan Wang and Sitao Li
27. The challenge of controlling corruption at the grassroots / Andrew Wedeman
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Index.
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