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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