Parties, Government, and Society in Gradual Political Reform

Author: Xu Xianglin
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is an academic monograph on China's political system reform. The first part theoretically explains and methodologically explores the characteristics and operational mechanisms of China's gradual political reform from perspectives such as middle-level theory construction, rational choice theory, institutional analysis, and legitimacy. The second part discusses specific issues in the transformation of the Party's leadership and governance methods, including the role and changes of political mobilization, the transformation of leadership styles and the role of authority, the impact of elite decision-making on reform policies, the position of Party grass-roots organizations in the Party's transformation, and institutional innovations in the cadre appointment system. The third part conducts theoretical discussions and empirical analyses on issues such as the tasks of China's government administrative reform, the establishment of government credit during the transition period, the application of local legislative hearings, and the concept of equality in community development. The fourth part separately examines and analyzes the historical evolution of China's rural governance models, the game relationship among the central government, local governments, and farmers, urbanization solutions for the "three rural issues," the pros and cons of the "merger of townships and towns" reform, and the phenomenon of "local gentry's return" in rural areas.