Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Preface ix
5. 1. China as a Centrifugal Empire: Size, Diversity, and Local Governance 1
6. 2. China Goes Local (Again): Assessing Post- Mao Decentralization 15
7. 3. The Subnational Hierarchy in Time: Institutional Changes (and Continuities) 32
8. 4. The Center’s Perceptions of Local Bureaucracy in China 54
9. 5. The Center’s Instruments of Local Control 72
10. 6. Determinants of Local Discretion in Implementation: Exploring Policy- Contingent Variations 88
11. 7. The Political Economy of Vertical Support and Horizontal Networks 115
12. 8. Conclusion 141
13. Notes 149
14. Index 211