Central Control and Local Discretion in China
Author: Chae-ho Chŏng
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780198297772
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Theoretically, this study contends that the overall scope of local discretion is circumscribed by the dominant norms and incentive relations embedded in the implementation dynamics. Methodologically, the book employs a combination of aggregate analyses and comparative case studies. Empirically, on the basis of newly available materials (including classified documents) and interviews, it challenges the 'peasant-power' school which has somehow allowed local governments to evaporate in its descriptions of post-Mao decollectivization."--BOOK JACKET.