Overview

Through analysis of the most recently available data to Western scholarship and conducting in-depth interviews with many insiders, Ming Xia investigates how and why the provincial legislatures have acquired institutional maturation and expanded power in the context of Chinese transitional political economy. This book portrays an innovative pattern of legislative development, sums up pragmatic local strategies for market creation and identifies multiple dynamics for promoting accountability and democracy. Based upon the case study of provincial legislatures, the author reveals the formation of a new mode of governance in China's national politics: the network structure featuring institutional arrangements and the mohe (cooperation through competition) pattern of interaction abided by the major power players. Rejecting the two popular interpretations of China either as a decaying Leninist hierarchy or a likely democratising nation destined for liberal pluralism, this book presents a more complex but convincing analysis of the transformation of governance in China. It also provides a balanced assessment of China's communist rule, its viability as well as its prospect of democracy. As the first systemic and theoretical study of China's provincial legislatures, this book draws our attention to one of the most promising growth points in China's changing constitutional order. It will interest all students and researchers of Chinese political economy.

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Author:   Ming Xia (City University of New York, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   v. 22
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9780415349505

ISBN 10:   0415349508
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   31 October 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Theme, Theory, and the Network Approach 2. The Institutionalization of the Provincial People’s Congresses 3. Institutional Linkages of the Provincial People’s Congresses 4. Elections and Circulation of Political Élite 5. Legislative Process and Consensual Politics of Local Legislation 6. State Failure, Market Failure, and Developmental Provincial People’s Congresses 7. Political Contestation and the PPC as Power Player 8. Legislatures and China's Democracy. Appendices 1. List of Interviewees 2. Electronic Resources for the People’s Congresses. Works Cited 1. English 2. Chinese 3. Other Sources

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Ming Xia is Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York, USA.

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