Holding China Together
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Diversity and National Integration in the Post-Deng Era
Barry J. Naughton / Dali L. Yang
overview
Despite repeated predictions of collapse and disintegration, China has managed to sustain national unity and gain international stature since the 1989 Tiananmen crisis. Examining the sources and dynamics of the resilience, this volume's contributors reveal how China's leaders have adapted and reinforced key economic and political institutions. They also disclose that implementation of complex policies to regulate economic and social life (employment and migration, population planning, industrial adjustment, and regional disparities) has become more effective over time within a context of growing social and economic diversity.
1 Addresses the 'China Collapse' thesis and makes a strong argument explaining the sources of China's resilience
2 Multi-disciplinary project by specialists from political sciences and economics
3 Offers fresh perspectives on some of the most salient policy issues in contemporary Chinese political economy, including unemployment, population planning, industrial adjustment and regional development
contents
List of figures and tables
List of contributors
Holding China together: introduction Barry J. Naughton and Dali L. Yang
Part I. The Institutions for Political and Economic Control: Adaptation of a Hierarchical System:
1. Political localism versus institutional restraints: elite recruitment in the Jiang era Cheng Li
2. The institutionalization of elite management in China Zhiyue Bo
3. The cadre evaluation system at the grass roots: the paradox of party rule Susan Whiting
4. Economic transformation and state rebuilding in China Dali L. Yang
Part II. Case Studies of Policy Implementation:
5. Policy consistency in the midst of the Asian crisis: managing the furloughed and the farmers in three cities Dorothy J. Solinger
6. Population control and state coercion in China Yanzhong Huang and Dali L. Yang
7. The political economy of industrial restructuring in China's coal industry, 1992–1999 Fubing Su
8. The western development program Barry J. Naughton
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