1st Edition

Elites and Governance in China

Edited By Xiaowei Zang, Chien-Wen Kou Copyright 2013
200 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book reveals the complex relationship between elite perceptions and behaviour, and governance, in China. It moves away from existing scholarship by focusing on functionaries, grass-roots elites, leading intellectuals, and opinion-makers in China and by looking beyond the top leadership, makes a significant contribution to our understanding of shared governance and broadened political... Read more

1. Elites and Governance in China, Xiaowei Zang and Chien-wen Kou 2. Discourses of Justice and Class: Impact of China’s Intellectual Elites on Social Policy, Yingjie Gao 3. The Role of Intellectual Elites in China’s Political Reform: The Discourse of Governance, Yingjie Gao 4. Moving between the “Inner Circle” and the “Outer Circle”— Think Tanks and Policymaking in China, Quanshen Zhao 5. Elites and the Transformation of China’s Built Environment, David Bray 6. Community Governance and Elite Activism in Urban China, Chunrong Liu 7. Intermediate Associations, Grassroots Elites and Collective Petitions in Rural China, Mingxing Liu and Yu Tao 8. Information Collection and Anti-corruption in China, Yongshun Cai

Biography

Xiaowei Zang is Professor and Head of the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Chien-wen Kou is Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies, National Chengchi University, Taiwan.