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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-417) and index.
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Local Communities and the Development of a Private SectorLocal Communities and Market Building; Private Sector and State Priority; CONCLUSION; 6. Coercion and Policy Enforcement: Guangdong under Inter-governmental Recentralization; THE FORMATION OF LOCALISM IN GUANGDONG; Historical Origins of Guangdong Localism; GUANGDONG "LOCALISM" IN THE POST-MAO ERA; GUANGDONG LOCALISM: BEYOND THE BOUNDARY; Bureaucratic Enterprises and Dynamism of Excessive Localism; SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS ON GUANGDONG LOCALISM; THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST GUANGDONG LOCALISM; THE LIMITATIONS OF THE NOMENKLATURA SYSTEM.
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