Handbook on Local Governance in China

结构、变化和Innovations

Handbooks of Research on Contemporary China series

Edited by Ceren Ergenc, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China and David S.G. Goodman, University of Sydney, Australia

Demonstrating the crucial importance of local governance in China’s development and international relations, this topical Handbook combines theoretical approaches with novel methodological tools to understand state-society relations at the local level.

‘”The local” is the venue where interests coalesce and great visions are tested and assessed. The Handbook on Local Governance in China presents the latest state-of-the-art review on this critical subject matter by skilfully marrying the more traditional, structural focus centring on policy processes within the multi-tier party-state apparatus, and the broader sociological and political economy dimensions centring on state-society interactions in a co-governance perspective. The empirical focus on two emerging policy areas –digitalization and green policy – adds caviar to the plate.'
– Linda Chelan Li, City University of Hong Kong

‘This superb, nuanced interdisciplinary volume is packed with hitherto unresearched material, conceptualized and analyzed creatively and knowledgeably. The Handbook uncovers the inner workings of governance, plus societal reaction. Each chapter offers a wealth of new data illuminated by sophisticated interpretation. All scholars of domestic China will find much of value here.’
– Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California Irvine, US