Understanding Local Agency in Chinas Policy Reform by Xiaoye She (English) Hardc

Description: Understanding Local Agency in Chinas Policy Reform by Xiaoye She This author contributes to a growing literature of comparative political economythat seeks to examine the political and economic logics of social policy in non-western and authoritarian political systems. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book challenges the common perception or assumption that greater state intervention and re-centralization will result in convergence towards a more equitable and inclusive growth model in China. Instead of asking whether local agency matters, this project examines the conditions and latitude of local agency under initial decentralization followed by increasing top-down re-centralization. The central argument is that in response to common policy directives and pressures from above, disparities in local growth strategies have interacted with political institutions in generating "embedded" sub-national welfare mix models, with varying articulations of state, market, community, and family in Chinese welfare production. The bottom-up feedback effects from these embedded models have somewhat offset growing top-down pressure for re-centralization, contributing to persistent sub-national variations. This author contributes to a growing literature of comparative political economythat seeks to examine the political and economic logics of social policy in non-western and authoritarian political systems. Back Cover "The meticulously researched case studies in this book reveal the nuance and complexity of Chinese politics and the modern authoritarian welfare state. Xiaoye She challenges the outdated notion of an unchanging authoritarian welfare state that is all too often treated as an afterthought. Her refreshing focus on sub-national politics speaks to pressing debates about economic development paradigms. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand the realities of Chinese politics today, and authoritarian regimes more broadly." - Sarah Wilson Sokhey , Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado Boulder, USA This book challenges the common perception or assumption that greater state intervention and re-centralization will result in convergence towards a more equitable and inclusive growth model in China. Instead of asking whether local agency matters, this project examines the conditions and latitude of local agency under initial decentralization followed by increasing top-down re-centralization. The central argument is that in response to common policy directives and pressures from above, disparities in local growth strategies have interacted with political institutions in generating "embedded" sub-national welfare mix models, with varying articulations of state, market, community, and family in Chinese welfare production. The bottom-up feedback effects from these embedded models have somewhat offset growing top-down pressure for re-centralization, contributing to persistent sub-national variations. This author contributes to a growing literature of comparative political economy that seeks to examine the political and economic logics of social policy in non-western and authoritarian political systems. Xiaoye She is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at California State University San Marcos, USA. Author Biography Xiaoye She is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at California State University San Marcos, USA. Table of Contents Chapter 1. Social Policy Reform and Local Agency in China.- Chapter 2. Authoritarian State, Growth Strategies, and Subnational Welfare Politics.- Chapter 3. The Pro-Growth National Reforms: State-led Commodification before 2000s.- Chapter 4. The Return of the State? The New Reforms and Changing Local Agency.- Chapter 5. Local Agency in Healthcare: Limits of Fragmented Universalism.- Chapter 6. Local Agency in Affordable Housing: Asset-Based Welfare or Public Rental?- Chapter 7. Local Agency in Old-Age Care: Articulating State, Society and Family.- Chapter 8. State Responsibility or Societal Participation? The Future of Authoritarian Social Policies. Feature Challenges the common perceptions and assumption that more state responsibility and re-centralization will result in convergence towards a more equitable and inclusive growth model in China Examines the conditions and latitude of local agency under initial decentralization followed by increasing top-down re-centralization in China Contributes to a growing literature of comparative political economy that seeks to examine the linkages between production regimes and welfare states Details ISBN3030762114 Author Xiaoye She Series Politics and Development of Contemporary China Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 3030762114 ISBN-13 9783030762117 Format Hardcover Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition 1st Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Pages 267 Publication Date 2021-08-24 UK Release Date 2021-08-24 Illustrations 4 Illustrations, color; 11 Illustrations, black and white; XIX, 267 p. 15 illus., 4 illus. in color. 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