Urban Governance and Public Power: Boundaries, Responsibilities, and Legitimacy

Author: Liu Ye, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The governance of China's contemporary super-large-scale society is an increasingly attractive field for practical attention but one that remains relatively unexplored in theoretical research. Amidst the continuous renewal of relevant theories and paradigms in the West, academic research in China carries a heavier responsibility. In all research endeavors, Western theories reveal certain common issues, but simply transferring theories and paradigms rooted in Western experience to China without critical analysis is both simplistic and ineffective. How to extract valuable theories from China's history and experience, achieving both a global perspective and a Chinese consciousness, is a pursuit that every Chinese scholar earnestly seeks.