History of Local Administrative Systems in China

Author: Zhou Zhenhe
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: This book is a specialized monograph on the introduction of local administrative systems. It systematically elaborates on the entire process of changes in China's local administrative systems (including the dual aspects of administrative divisions and local administrative organizations) over more than two thousand years. It also summarizes the characteristics of these changes from various perspectives, defines many concepts previously unaddressed by predecessors, analyzes the various factors influencing these changes, and summarizes the laws of expansion and contraction of administrative division territories, the two major principles of administrative regional boundary demarcation, and the roles of political and cultural factors in the evolution of local administrative systems. This enables readers to gain a relatively comprehensive understanding of the patterns of change in local administrative systems.