Government and market in China : a local perspective / Jian Zhang
- Bib ID:
- 3092156
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Zhang, Jian
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- New York : Nova Science, c2004
- viii, 204 p. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1590338839
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgments vii
- Chapter 1 Introduction 9
- Local Government and Economic Reform in China:
- Puzzles to be Explained 10
- Contending Theoretical Perspectives: State, Market and Reforms 13
- Overview of the Argument: A Political Perspective 25
- Structure of the Book 27
- Chapter 2 Xihu and the Politics of the Rise of Local Collective Enterprises 31
- Local Geographical, Historical and Economic Context 32
- Xihu's Economic Development in an Historical Perspective 37
- Market Reform, Political Interest and
- Local Economic Development 43
- Politics and the Rise of Local Collective
- Enterprises: the Case of Gujia 44
- Conclusion 49
- Chapter 3 Local Governments and Fiscal Reform 51
- Fiscal Reform in the 1980s and 1990s 52
- Fiscal Reform in Xihu: Creating Incentives
- forEconomic Development 57
- Intervening in Local Economy: Economics
- not Fully in Command 63
- Conclusion 73
- Chapter 4 Managerial Incentives and Agency Problems in
- Local Collective Enterprises 75
- Explaining Managerial Behaviour in Local Collective Enterprises 76
- Typology of Enterprise Managers 79
- Incentives and Risk of Loss Facing Enterprise Managers 84
- The Contract System and Principal Agent Relationships 89
- Conclusion 98
- Chapter 5 Local Government and Private Business in Xihu District 99
- National Policy towards Private Business 100
- The Disposition of Private Business in Xihu: Attitudes
- and Policies of Local Governments 104
- Profiting from Private Business: Divided Responses
- within Local State Hierarchy 109
- Breaking Bureaucratic Constraints: Strategies
- of Private Business 117
- Conclusion 120
- Chapter 6 Privatization and Persistence of Local State Power 121
- Reforming Public Ownership in Local Collective Enterprises 122
- Sharing out the Collectives: Share Structure,
- Transformation Process and Local Cadres' Interest 127
- Governing the Shareholding Cooperative Enterprises 134
- Managerial Incentives and Agency Problems
- under the Shareholding System 138
- Conclusion 142
- Chapter 7 Restructuring the Local Collective Regime:
- The Politics of the Village-Level Shareholding Cooperatives 143
- National Development: A Brief Review 145
- Local Government Ownership: The Institutional
- Origin of Property Rights Conflict 147
- The Politics of Corporatizing the Village: A Case Study 153
- Village Corporations as New Instruments for Political Control 159
- Conclusion 163
- Chapter 8 Conclusion 165
- Market Reform and the Political Logic of Local
- State-Led Economic Development 166
- Privatization and its Consequence for State Power 168
- The Future Role of Local Government in China's
- Transitional Economy 171
- Appendix: List of Interviewees 175
- Bibliography 179
- Books and Articles 179
- Chinese Journals and Newspaper Cited 196
- List of Tables 198
- Abbreviations 199
- Index 201.
- Notes:
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- Based on doctoral thesis--Murdoch University, Perth, Australia--p. vii.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-197) and index.
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