Administrative Reform and Modernization in Post-Mao China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2912583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor C Falkenheim (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2756959 |
| OpenAlex | W2324976308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
T HE DRAMATIC NATURE of the shift in China's modernization strategy in the past three years has tended to obscure a number of equally notable developments in the related, though prosaic, areas of administrative and management reform. The resulting neglect while understandable, is unfortunate, given that many Chinese leaders regard administrative reform as inseparable from the economic and technical advances underway and, moreover, capable of independently yielding a significantly improved economic performance.' Further, since many of the contemplated changes have significant implications for the distribution of administrative and economic power in China and affect the political and bureaucratic interests of many leaders and institutions, they have also generated a wide-ranging debate as interesting as the reforms themselves. This debate has moved beyond the issues raised by Mao in his essay on the Ten Great Relationships to confront a number of fundamental questions about the role of the state in the economy, and the capacity of administrative structures to facilitate modernization. Committed to changing all methods of management, actions and thinking inconsistent with modernization,2 China's leaders have begun to look abroad for appropriate models-to Rumania, Yugoslavia, Japan, and even the United States. Their concerns have thus begun to converge with those of leaders in other socialist planned economies faced with the need to adapt the command economy to the complexities of modernization.'
China · Modernization theory · Political science · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2009 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |