Centrifugal Empire: Central-Local Relations in China (Hardcover)

List of Figures and Tables
Preface
1. China as a Centrifugal Empire: Size, Diversity, and Local Governance
2. China Goes Local (Again): Assessing Post-Mao Decentralization
3. The Subnational Hierarchy in Time: Institutional Changes (and Continuities)
4. The Center's Perceptions of Local Bureaucracy in China: A Typological First-Cut
5. The Center's Instruments of Local Control
6. Determinants of Local Discretion in Implementation: Exploring Policy-Contingent Variations
7. The Political Economy of Vertical Support and Horizontal Networks
8. Conclusion
Notes
Index