China's "city system" in flux: explaining post-Mao administrative changes
In: The China quarterly: an international journal for the study of China, Heft 180, S. 945-964
ISSN: 0305-7410, 0009-4439
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In: The China quarterly: an international journal for the study of China, Heft 180, S. 945-964
ISSN: 0305-7410, 0009-4439
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In: Asian survey: a bimonthly review of contemporary Asian affairs, Band 36, Heft 8, S. 772-786
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In: The China journal: Zhongguo-yanjiu, Band 77, S. 170-172
ISSN: 1835-8535
In: The China journal: Zhongguo-yanjiu, Band 47, S. 162-163
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In: The China journal: Zhongguo-yanjiu, Band 38, S. 179-181
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In: The China journal: Zhongguo-yanjiu, Band 37, S. 193-195
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In: The China journal: Zhongguo-yanjiu, Band 37, S. 133-136
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In: The China journal: Zhongguo-yanjiu, Band 37, S. 122-124
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In: The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, Band 33, S. 157-159
In: China policy series
In: China policy series
This book presents a comprehensive survey of China's local administration. It considers all kinds of local government units and their administrative functions, both€historically and in the present day: ranging from the provinces, centrally-administered municipalities and autonomous regions to prefectures, counties, townships and urban districts.
In: The China quarterly, Band 180, S. 945-964
ISSN: 1468-2648
China's urbanization has accelerated during the era of reform. While there has been real progress in urbanization, the process has also been skewed by several administrative measures designed to foster urbanization and economic growth. According to a popular view, as many as 70 per cent of China's administrative jurisdictions now come under the rule of urban governments. This must be an exaggeration given that many parts of China are still essentially rural. This article examines three measures – turning prefectures into cities (di gai shi), turning counties into cities (xian gai shi), and turning cities and counties into urban districts (xian shi gai qu) – that have contributed to "inflated urbanization." Five propositions – budgetary, urbanization, regulatory, organizational streamlining and policy incentive – are discussed to see if the three measures have either originated from or have affected them. We find that while the regulatory observation is relevant only for the measure of xian shi gai qu, the other four propositions are useful, though to varying degrees, for understanding the logic of the changing "city system" in the past two decades.
In: The China quarterly: an international journal for the study of China, Heft 180, S. 945-964
ISSN: 0305-7410, 0009-4439
In: Review of policy research, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 15-35
ISSN: 1541-1338
ABSTRACT This article examines a neglected area of reform in China: service organizations. It discusses the structural features of service organizations and the institutional constraints on eflorts to reform them.
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 56, Heft 5, S. 479
ISSN: 1540-6210