About the Editorsand Contributors | p. xi |
Foreword | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xix |
Introduction Core Issuesin Understandingthe Decision Process | p. xxi |
Notes | p. xlv |
Central Leadershipand Executive Systems | p. 1 |
The Nature of Chinese Authoritarianism | p. 3 |
The Evolution of the Central Secretariat and Its Authority | p. 15 |
"Documentary Politics"Hypotheses, Processand Case Studies | p. 24 |
Notes | p. 35 |
Organizational Hierarchy and the Cadre Management System | p. 39 |
Notes | p. 50 |
Bulwark of the Planned Economy: The Structure and Role of the State Planning Commission | p. 51 |
Open and Closed Media External and Internal Newspapers in the Propaganda System | p. 76 |
Notes | p. 86 |
Part II | p. 89 |
Mechanisms of Foreign Policy-Making and Implementation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | p. 91 |
Decision-Making and Implementation of Policy toward Hong Kong | p. 101 |
The Structure of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciencesand Two Decisions to Abolish Its Marxism - Leninism - Mao Zedong Thought Institute | p. 111 |
Note | p. 117 |
Political Work in the Militaryfrom the Viewpoint ofthe Beijing Garrison Command | p. 118 |
Notes | p. 128 |
Part III | p. 131 |
The Decision Process Behind the 1986-1989 Political Reforms | p. 133 |
Separating the Partyfrom the Government | p. 153 |
Appendix: Evolution Of Thechinese Communist Partycore Group System | p. 163 |
Establishing a Public Service System | p. 169 |
Political Reform in Beijing City | p. 176 |
A Long Way toward a Free Press: The Case of the World Economic Herald | p. 183 |
Decision and Miscarriage Radical Price Reform inthe Summer of 1988 | p. 189 |
Notes | p. 204 |
Part IV | p. 205 |
Politics inside the Ring Road: On Sources and Comparisons | p. 207 |
The Structure of Authority and Decision-Making: A Theoretical Framework | p. 233 |
Index | p. 247 |
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