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Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China

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Description for Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China Paperback. Examines a range of governance reforms in the People's Republic of China, including administrative rationalization, divestiture of businesses operated by the military, and the building of anticorruption mechanisms. The author also analyzes how China's leaders have reformed institutions and constructed new ones to cope with unruly markets. Num Pages: 432 pages, 2 tables, 5 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JP; KCM; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.

In this provocative, important study, Dali L. Yang examines a wide range of governance reforms in the People’s Republic of China, including administrative rationalization, divestiture of businesses operated by the military, and the building of anticorruption mechanisms. The author also analyzes how China’s leaders have reformed existing institutions and constructed new ones to cope with unruly markets, curb corrupt practices, and bring about a regulated economic order.

Though still a work in progress, Yang arugues, taken together these reforms have improved the institutional environment for economic development and altered the landscape for China’s ongoing struggle against rampant corruption. These measures ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
589g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804754934
SKU
V9780804754934
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About Dali L. Yang
Dali L. Yang is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is also the author of Calamity and Reform in China (Stanford University Press, 1996).

Reviews for Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China
"This book gives readers an optimistic view of political development and the state's capacity to adapt to and steer new challenges in China, and what this implies for future development in China. It substantially furthers our understanding of the changes and transformations developing within the Chinese bureaucracy."—The China Journal "Readers will profit from the fine-grained analysis in this significant, carefully ... Read more

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