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The Logic of Governance in China Drawingonmorethanadecadeoffieldwork,TheLogicofGovernancein China develops a unified theoretical framework to explain how China’s centralized political system maintains governance and how this process produces recognizable policy cycles that are obstacles to bureaucratic rationalization, professionalism, and rule of law. The book is unique for the overarching framework it develops; one that sheds light on the interconnectedness among apparently disparate phenomena such as themobilizationalstate,bureaucraticmuddlingthrough,collusivebehav- iors, variable coupling between policymaking and implementation, invertedsoftbudgetconstraints,andcollectiveactionbasedonunorgan- ized interests. An exemplary combination of theory-motivated fieldwork andempirically-informedtheorydevelopment,thisbookoffersanin-depth analysisoftheinstitutionsandmechanismsinthegovernanceofChina. isKwoh-tingLiProfessorofEconomicDevelopment, ProfessorofSociologyandseniorfellowatFreemanSpogliInstituteof International Studies at Stanford University. He publishes widely on topics related to governance, state-making, government bureaucracy, andsocialinequalityincontemporaryChina. Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press The Logic of Governance in China An Organizational Approach XUEGUANG ZHOU StanfordUniversity Published online by Cambridge University Press UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridge28,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi–110025,India 103PenangRoad,#05-06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781009159425 :10.1017/9781009159418 ©XueguangZhou2022 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2022 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData :Zhou,Xueguang,1959–author. :ThelogicofgovernanceinChina:anorganizationalapproach/XueguangZhou. :Cambridge,UnitedKingdom;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversity Press,2022.|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. :2022020686(print)|2022020687(ebook)| 9781009159425(hardback)|9781009159401(paperback)| 9781009159418(epub) ::Bureaucracy–China.|Politicalculture–China.|Politics,Practical–China.| BISAC:SOCIALSCIENCE/Sociology/General :1512.Z88682022(print)|1512(ebook)|352.6/ 30951–dc23/eng/20220701 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2022020686 LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2022020687 978-1-009-15942-5Hardback 978-1-009-15940-1Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Published online by Cambridge University Press The Logic of Governance in China Drawingonmorethanadecadeoffieldwork,TheLogicofGovernancein China develops a unified theoretical framework to explain how China’s centralized political system maintains governance and how this process produces recognizable policy cycles that are obstacles to bureaucratic rationalization, professionalism, and rule of law. The book is unique for the overarching framework it develops; one that sheds light on the interconnectedness among apparently disparate phenomena such as themobilizationalstate,bureaucraticmuddlingthrough,collusivebehav- iors, variable coupling between policymaking and implementation, invertedsoftbudgetconstraints,andcollectiveactionbasedonunorgan- ized interests. An exemplary combination of theory-motivated fieldwork andempirically-informedtheorydevelopment,thisbookoffersanin-depth analysisoftheinstitutionsandmechanismsinthegovernanceofChina. isKwoh-tingLiProfessorofEconomicDevelopment, ProfessorofSociologyandseniorfellowatFreemanSpogliInstituteof International Studies at Stanford University. He publishes widely on topics related to governance, state-making, government bureaucracy, andsocialinequalityincontemporaryChina. Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press The Logic of Governance in China An Organizational Approach XUEGUANG ZHOU StanfordUniversity Published online by Cambridge University Press UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridge28,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,NewDelhi–110025,India 103PenangRoad,#05-06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781009159425 :10.1017/9781009159418 ©XueguangZhou2022 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2022 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData :Zhou,Xueguang,1959–author. :ThelogicofgovernanceinChina:anorganizationalapproach/XueguangZhou. :Cambridge,UnitedKingdom;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversity Press,2022.|Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. :2022020686(print)|2022020687(ebook)| 9781009159425(hardback)|9781009159401(paperback)| 9781009159418(epub) ::Bureaucracy–China.|Politicalculture–China.|Politics,Practical–China.| BISAC:SOCIALSCIENCE/Sociology/General :1512.Z88682022(print)|1512(ebook)|352.6/ 30951–dc23/eng/20220701 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2022020686 LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2022020687 978-1-009-15942-5Hardback 978-1-009-15940-1Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Published online by Cambridge University Press The Logic of Governance in China Drawingonmorethanadecadeoffieldwork,TheLogicofGovernancein China develops a unified theoretical framework to explain how China’s centralized political system maintains governance and how this process produces recognizable policy cycles that are obstacles to bureaucratic rationalization, professionalism, and rule of law. The book is unique for the overarching framework it develops; one that sheds light on the interconnectedness among apparently disparate phenomena such as themobilizationalstate,bureaucraticmuddlingthrough,collusivebehav- iors, variable coupling between policymaking and implementation, invertedsoftbudgetconstraints,andcollectiveactionbasedonunorgan- ized interests. An exemplary combination of theory-motivated fieldwork andempirically-informedtheorydevelopment,thisbookoffersanin-depth analysisoftheinstitutionsandmechanismsinthegovernanceofChina. isKwoh-tingLiProfessorofEconomicDevelopment, ProfessorofSociologyandseniorfellowatFreemanSpogliInstituteof International Studies at Stanford University. He publishes widely on topics related to governance, state-making, government bureaucracy, andsocialinequalityincontemporaryChina. Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press
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