China’s administrative hierarchy

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ID23630428
AuthorsJohn A Donaldson (0000-0002-4848-525X), John S Donaldson (0000-0002-7930-1695, corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages105-137
Publication date2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueAssessing the Balance of Power in Central-Local Relations in China (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315616568-5
OpenAlexW2576605666
ISBN9781315616568
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited12

Gradual changes in China&s;s administrative hierarchy not only profoundly altered, but were also shaped by, the country&s;s burgeoning cities that dominated China&s;s economic, political, and social landscape. This chapter focuses on some variables that have changed over the course of the reform period, in order to understand the political process that affects the two-way interaction - between the administrative hierarchy and industrialization and urbanization. It focuses on the ebb and flow of these changes, dividing the reform period into three distinct phases, the first being one of decentralization and intense policy focus on industrialization and urbanization, and the second being one of recentralization and a softening of the focus on industrialization and urbanization seen during the first period. The third phase has seen the Xi Jinping administration adopt the centralizing tendencies of the second phase, but also take on the urbanization thrust of the first phase - and bring both of these to a new level of diligence and depth.

China · Hierarchy · Political science · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization

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