Elites and Governance in China / Xiaowei Zang and Chien-wen Kou -- Discourses of Justice and Class: Impact of China's Intellectual Elites on Social Policy / Yingjie Gao -- The Role of Intellectual Elites in China's Political Reform: The Discourse of Governance / Yingjie Gao -- Moving between the "Inner Circle" and the "Outer Circle"-- Think Tanks and Policymaking in China / Quanshen Zhao -- Elites and the Transformation of China's Built Environment / David Bray -- Community Governance and Elite Activism in Urban China / Chunrong Liu -- Intermediate Associations, Grassroots Elites and Collective Petitions in Rural China / Mingxing Liu and Yu Tao -- Information Collection and Anti-corruption in China / Yongshun Cai.
Summary:
"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 participation in China. The chapters in this collection explore the elites' role as opinion-makers, technical experts, producers of knowledge, and executives or managers, and pose a number of questions, the answers to which are crucial to understanding future political and economic development in China. What are elite perceptions of governance, inequality and justice; what do the elites mean by good governance; what is the influence of non-Chinese Communist Party elites in policy-making and implementation in China; how have they exerted their influence in the PRC and influenced its direction of future development; and what have grass-roots elites contributed to governance in local communities? Providing a keen insight into the role elites have played in governing China since 1978, this book is a pioneering effort to bring together elite studies and governance studies. As such, it will be highly relevant for policy-makers within international organizations, governments, and NGOs outside China as well as appealing to scholars and students interested in Chinese politics and governance"--Publisher's website.
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