Central Control and Local Discretion in China Leadership and Implementation during Post-Mao Decollectivization

by Chung, Jae Ho

• ISBN13: 9780198297772
• ISBN10: 0198297777
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book analyzes the decollectivization reform in China during the early 1980s in order to gauge its impact on central control and provincial discretion. The volume challenges the notion that the decision to decentralize administrative authority ipso facto produces local discretion properly keyed to local conditions. In fact, outcomes often differ from the intended goals.

Author Biography

Professor Chung is Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations, Seoul National University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	xi
Map 1. Location of the Three Case Provinces	xii
Map 2. Location of Key Localities in the Case Provinces	xiii
Introduction	1	(29)
Central-Provincial Policy Relations in China: Decentralization Experiences, Bureaucratic Norms, and Post-Mao Changes	30	(25)
Central Control and Provincial Discretion During Decollectivization: System-level Analyses	55	(30)
The Politics of `Pioneering' in Anhui: Local Innovation, Provincial Support, and Central Auspices	85	(25)
The Politics of `Bandwagoning' in Shandong: Uncertainties, Opportunism, and Compliance	110	(27)
The Politics of Resistance in Heilongjiang: Issue Linkages, Attentive Leadership, and Tactics of Delayed Implementation	137	(35)
Conclusion	172	(9)
Appendix: Positions of the Interviewees in China	181	(2)
Bibliography	183	(22)
Index	205