Jonathan R. Stromseth

China's Governance Puzzle (eBook, PDF)

Enabling Transparency and Participation in a Single-Party State

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

China is widely viewed as a global powerhouse that has achieved a remarkable economic transformation with little political change. Less well known is that China's leaders have also implemented farreaching governance reforms designed to promote government transparency and increase public participation in official policymaking. What are the motivations behind these reforms and, more importantly, what impact are they having? This puzzle lies at the heart of Chinese politics and could dictate China's political trajectory for years to come. This extensive collaborative study not only documents the origins and scope of these reforms across China, but offers the first systematic assessment by quantitatively and qualitatively analyzing the impact of participation and transparency on important governance outcomes. Comparing across provinces and over time, the authors argue that the reforms are resulting in lower corruption and enhanced legal compliance, but these outcomes also depend on a broader societal ecosystem that includes an active media and robust civil society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108216012
• Artikelnr.: 47882667

Autorenporträt

Jonathan R. Stromseth is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies. He is affiliated with the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at Brookings and has a joint appointment with the Brookings John L. Thornton China Center. From 2014 to 2017, Stromseth served on the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff at the US Department of State, advising the Department's leadership on China, Southeast Asia, and East Asian and Pacific affairs. Previously he was The Asia Foundation's Country Representative to China (2006-2014) and Vietnam (2000-2005), and earned a doctorate in political science from Columbia University. The views expressed in this volume are his own and not necessarily those of the US government.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. China's approach to governance reform
2. Concept, chronology, and drivers of transparency reform
3. Transparency and corruption: analysis of variation within China and hypothesis testing
4. Comparing approaches to combatting corruption: the Guangdong and Chongqing models
5. Concept, chronology, and drivers of participation reform
6. Participation and compliance: analysis of variation and hypothesis testing
7. Making policy in public: a comparison of three Chinese provinces
8. The road ahead
Works cited
Index.