Governing the chinese economy : regulatory reform in the service of the state
By: PEARSON, Margaret M
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, July / Aug. 2007Public Administration Review: PAR 67, 4, p. 718-730Abstract: Pursuant to its extensive program of market reforms, Chinas government tried to restructure itself to support a market-dominated economy. Reform efforts have included elements that are familiar to scholars of public administration: streamlining government, strengthening bureaucratic capacity, distancing government from firms, and establishing independent regulators. But how deep have these reforms been, and with what ultimate goals? This article examines a crucial segment of the economyChinas so-called lifeline industriesto show how reforms to Chinas economic governance system have been mapped onto an existing system characterized by extreme institutional fragmentation and an inability to imbue new governmental bodies with authority. Moreover, for these key industrial sectors, the Chinese party-states strong interests in ownership, revenues, and social policy dictate that it use a variety of tools to protect these interests
Pursuant to its extensive program of market reforms, Chinas government tried to restructure itself to support a market-dominated economy. Reform efforts have included elements that are familiar to scholars of public administration: streamlining government, strengthening bureaucratic capacity, distancing government from firms, and establishing independent regulators. But how deep have these reforms been, and with what ultimate goals? This article examines a crucial segment of the economyChinas so-called lifeline industriesto show how reforms to Chinas economic governance system have been mapped onto an existing system characterized by extreme institutional fragmentation and an inability to imbue new governmental bodies with authority. Moreover, for these key industrial sectors, the Chinese party-states strong interests in ownership, revenues, and social policy dictate that it use a variety of tools to protect these interests
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