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1. The Chinese State in Transition

   Processes and contests in local China

   Edited by Linda Chelan Li

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   One of the more commonly and widely held beliefs outside the People’s Republic of China about the changes wrought by the reform era is that there has been no political change The attention of the outside world focuses inevitably on Beijing and national level politics. Nonetheless, it may actually...

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
2. Rural Tax Reform in China

   Policy Processes and Institutional Change

   By Linda Chelan Li

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   This book examines questions of change and inertia in the context of the longstanding grievances over excessive taxation in rural China. How can some changes be sustained, whilst others cannot? How can a longstanding administrative practice be changed or even terminated, especially when previous...

   Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge
3. Towards Responsible Government in East Asia

   Trajectories, Intentions and Meanings

   Edited by Linda Chelan Li

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   This book explores the idea of responsible government in East Asia, arguing that many recent governance crises have resulted from responsibility failures on a huge scale. It distinguishes between accountability, which it argues has been overemphasised recently, and responsibility, which it...

   Published April 5th 2009 by Routledge