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

by Jae Ho Chung

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198297772
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/26/2000
Series:	Studies on Contemporary China
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Central-Provincial Relations in China3. Central Control and Provincial Discretion during Decollectivization4. The Politics of 'Pioneering' in Anhui5. The Politics of 'Bandwagoning' in Shandong6. The Politics of Resistance in Heilongjiang7. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

In order to gauge the impact of post-Mao decentralization on central control and provincial discretion, Chung (international relations, Seoul National U.) analyzes the decollectivization reform in China during the early 1980s. He challenges the assumption that the decision to decentralize administrative authority in itself produces local discretion properly keyed to local conditions, and argues that the outcome can be very different from the intention. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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