Strong Institutions in Weak Polities
Author: Julia C. Strauss
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780198233428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work explores state building and the processes by which supporting state bureaucratic organizations aided the state building effort in Republican China between 1927 and 1940. It suggests that in hostile environments profoundly non-congenial to state building efforts, it is the state organizations that stand the best chance of becoming well institutionalized. This book details the administrative histories and institution-building strategies of three organizations in Republican China dealing with the national civil service, taxation, and foreign affairs.