Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Preface. Mike Oksenberg and Zouping: An Appreciation xiii
5. Part One. Introduction
6. Chapter 1. Change within Continuity: Zouping County Government 3
7. Chapter 2. Zouping in Historical Perspective 28
8. Chapter 3. Creativity and Flexibility in County and Township Economic Governance 62
9. Part Two. Bureaucratic Adaptation
10. Chapter 4. Directed Improvisation in Administrative Financing 91
11. Chapter 5. The Evolution and Adaptation of Business–Government Relations in Zouping 113
12. Chapter 6. Nonjudicial Interpreters of “Legality” and the Development of Law in the Local State 139
13. Part Three. Cadre Selection and Training to Preserve the Party
14. Chapter 7. The Role of the Organization Department in Political Selection 167
15. Chapter 8. Reforming and Updating Cadre Training in Zouping’s Communist Party Schools 182
16. Part Four. Concluding Reflections
17. Chapter 9. Institutional Agility and Regime Adaptation 211
18. Contributors 217
19. Index 221