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Modernization of Government Governance in China

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Provides a birds-eye view of Chinese governmentality
  • Makes a case for structural reform in the workings of Chinese administration
  • Offers insights into how Chinese statecraft really works

Part of the book series: The Great Transformation of China (TGTC)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Government Transformation in the Age of Reform

    • Ronghua Shen, Sheng Cao
    Pages 1-23
  3. Government and Society: Public Governance in Interaction

    • Ronghua Shen, Sheng Cao
    Pages 57-99
  4. Central and Local Governments: Straighten Out Power Relation

    • Ronghua Shen, Sheng Cao
    Pages 101-146
  5. Government Function: Move Toward Finite and Action

    • Ronghua Shen, Sheng Cao
    Pages 147-169
  6. Government Structure: Move Toward Super-Ministry System

    • Ronghua Shen, Sheng Cao
    Pages 171-208
  7. Public Institutions: De-administration

    • Ronghua Shen, Sheng Cao
    Pages 209-238
  8. Law-Based Government: Normalize Power Execution

    • Ronghua Shen, Sheng Cao
    Pages 261-279
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 281-287

About this book

This book provides an all-round analysis and exploration of the course, status quo and future of the Chinese Government's governance reform under the framework of government governance modernization. The authors bring their decades of experience in crafting policy in China to explain the relationship between China's government and market, between government and society, between the central government and local governments, functional transformation, organizational structure optimization, reform of public institutions, allocation of fiscally supported personnel, the building of a law-based government and other major issues, while also laying out a case for structural changes in the years to come. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chinese Public Administration Society, Beijing, China

    Ronghua Shen, Sheng Cao

About the authors

Ronghua Shen is Deputy Secretary General and research fellow at the Chinese Public Administration Society, Executive Vice-president of National Administration Science Teaching Research Society, and a specially-appointed professor and guest professor at Renmin University of China, University of International Business and Economics, Shenzhen University, China. He has worked on structural reform research at ministries under the Central Government for many years.  He has published more than 20 books including Chinese Government Reform, Government Mechanism, and more than 100 papers in key publications.

Sheng Cao is Deputy Secretary General of Policy Science Institute of Chinese Public Administration Society and a research fellow at the Public Administration Research Center, China. He holds a doctorate in political science from Peking University, China. He has published dozens of papers in publications such as Journal of Social Sciences and Chinese Public Administration

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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