China's Local Administration: Traditions and Changes in the Sub-National Hierarchy

by Chung; Jae Ho

• ISBN13: 9780415547888
• ISBN10: 0415547881
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The remarkable changes in China over the past three decades are mostly considered at the national level, whereas local government “ which has played and continues to play a key role in these developments “ is often overlooked. The themes of China "s local administrative hierarchy, and its historical evolution, have until now received scant attention; this book fills that gap, and presents a comprehensive survey of China "s local administration, from the province down to the township. It examines the political and functional definitions and historical origins of the nine local administrative levels or categories in contemporary China: the province, the centrally-administered municipality, the ethnic minority autonomous region, the special administrative region, the deputy-provincial city, the prefecture, the county, township and urban district. It investigates how each of the different levels of China "s local administration has developed historically, both before and after 1949; and it explores the functions, political and economic, that the different levels and units carry out, and how their relationships with superior and subordinate units have evolved over time. It also discusses how far the post-Mao reforms have affected local administration, and how the local administrative hierarchy is likely to develop going forward.

Table of Contents

China's Local Administrative Hierarchy: A Historical Overview of Institutional Changes, Seoul National University

Provinces, Singapore Management University

Centrally-Administered Municipalities, National Chengchi University

China's Minority Autonomous Regions, University of Nottingham

Special Administrative Regions, City University of Hong Kong

Deputy-Provincial Cities, SNU

Prefectures and Prefecture-Level Cities, National Taiwan University

Counties and County-Level Cities, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Urban Districts, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Townships, University of Tennessee

Where Is China's System of Local Governance Heading?, HKPU

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