ISBN:
0415718465
,
9780415718462
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 268 S.
,
graph. Darst.
,
24 cm
Edition:
First publ.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Noth, Jochen, 1944 - [Rezension von: Anna L. Ahlers, Rural policy implementation in contemporary China, new Socialist countryside] 2016
Series Statement:
Routledge studies on China in transition 47
Series Statement:
Routledge studies on China in transition
Dissertation note:
Zugl.: Tübingen, Univ., Diss., 2013 u.d.T.: Ahlers, Anna L.: Constructing a new socialist countryside in contemporary China
DDC:
307.14120951
Keywords:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
;
Rural development China
;
Local government China
;
Rural development
;
Local government
;
Innenpolitik
;
Ländlicher Raum
;
Ländliche Entwicklung
;
Regionalentwicklung
;
Regionalplanung
;
Regierung
;
Governance
;
Politische Reform
;
China Rural conditions
;
Government policy
;
China Rural conditions
;
Government policy
;
China
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
China
;
Ländlicher Raum
;
Verwaltung
;
Politische Reform
;
Geschichte 2005-2011
;
Fujian
;
Jiangxi
;
Shaanxi
;
Zhejiang
;
Sozialismus
;
Ländliche Entwicklung
;
Regierung
;
Reform
;
Implementation
Abstract:
"This book presents an analysis of adaptive local policy implementation in China in the context of the "Building of a New Socialist Countryside" (BNSC) policy framework. Based on intensive field work in four counties in Fujian, Jiangxi, Shaanxi and Zhejiang Provinces between 2008 and 2011, it offers detailed analyses of the form and impact of county governments' strategic agency at certain stages and within certain fields of the implementation process (for example, the design of local BNSC programs, the steering of project funding, implementation and evaluation, the establishment of model villages and the management of public participation). Further, this study illustrates that BNSC is far more than the 'empty slogan' described by many observers when it was launched in 2005/2006. nstead, it has already brought about considerable shifts in terms of the process and outcomes of rural policy implementation. Altogether, the results of this research challenge existing paradigms by showing how, against the background of contemporary approaches to rural development and recent reforms initiated by the central state, local bureaucracies' strategic agency can actually push forward effective--albeit not necessarily optimal--policy implementation to some extent, which serves the interests of central authorities, local implementors and rural residents"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-266) and index
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