Rural Tax Reform in China

Linda Chelan Li is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong.

出版者:Routledge

作者:Linda Chelan Li

页数:176

出版时间:2011-12-13

价格:USD 140.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780415587518

丛书系列:Routledge Studies on China in Transition

图书标签:政治学农村研究比较政治中国研究中国政治经济学海外中国研究新书记

This book examines questions of change and inertia in the context of the longstanding grievances over excessive taxation in rural China. How can some changes be sustained, whilst others cannot? How can a longstanding administrative practice be changed or even terminated, especially when previous attempts at change have failed?

Using extensive interview data with local and central bureaucrats, Li's findings highlight the role of parallel developments and agency in the change process, as well as the prevalence of contingency and uncertainty. It also elegantly blends the narrative of the rural tax and administrative reforms with theoretical discussions to deepen our understanding of policy process and institutional change in 21st century China. Despite the authoritarian political system, the Chinese state-in-action which emerges from this book sees actions stemming from both the central and local levels, mediated by strategic design as well as contingency.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Studies, political science and policy and development studies.