Rising Central Spending on Public Security and the Dilemma Facing Grassroots Officials in China

Rising Central Spending on Public Security and the Dilemma Facing Grassroots Officials in China

In response to worsening social instability in China, among grassroots communities in the poorer central and western provinces in particular, the Chinese central government has made budgetary arrangements, since 2003, to increase investment at the grassroots level to improve the capacity of local go...

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Main Author: Yue Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
Subjects:
Social sciences
political science
China
stability preservation
weiwen
public security
300
320
Contemporary
Online Access:http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/633
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spelling doaj-69ee900b81de4147a6a5b4a952f1a7942020-11-25T03:15:33ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Current Chinese Affairs1868-10261868-48742013-01-0142279109Rising Central Spending on Public Security and the Dilemma Facing Grassroots Officials in ChinaYue XieIn response to worsening social instability in China, among grassroots communities in the poorer central and western provinces in particular, the Chinese central government has made budgetary arrangements, since 2003, to increase investment at the grassroots level to improve the capacity of local governments to maintain social order. However, this action by central government has created a dilemma for local cadres: how to perform their duty to maintain social stability while also balancing a heavy fiscal burden caused in part by the receipt of insufficient additional budgetary subsidies from higher government. This paper is an account of and an analysis of how local cadres in China perform their official duties when faced with this dilemma.http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/633Social sciencespolitical scienceChinastability preservationweiwenpublic security300320ChinaContemporary
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Rising Central Spending on Public Security and the Dilemma Facing Grassroots Officials in China
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
Social sciences
political science
China
stability preservation
weiwen
public security
300
320
China
Contemporary
author_facet Yue Xie
author_sort Yue Xie
title Rising Central Spending on Public Security and the Dilemma Facing Grassroots Officials in China
title_short Rising Central Spending on Public Security and the Dilemma Facing Grassroots Officials in China
title_full Rising Central Spending on Public Security and the Dilemma Facing Grassroots Officials in China
title_fullStr Rising Central Spending on Public Security and the Dilemma Facing Grassroots Officials in China
title_full_unstemmed Rising Central Spending on Public Security and the Dilemma Facing Grassroots Officials in China
title_sort rising central spending on public security and the dilemma facing grassroots officials in china
publisher SAGE Publishing
series Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
issn 1868-1026
1868-4874
publishDate 2013-01-01
description In response to worsening social instability in China, among grassroots communities in the poorer central and western provinces in particular, the Chinese central government has made budgetary arrangements, since 2003, to increase investment at the grassroots level to improve the capacity of local governments to maintain social order. However, this action by central government has created a dilemma for local cadres: how to perform their duty to maintain social stability while also balancing a heavy fiscal burden caused in part by the receipt of insufficient additional budgetary subsidies from higher government. This paper is an account of and an analysis of how local cadres in China perform their official duties when faced with this dilemma.
topic Social sciences
political science
China
stability preservation
weiwen
public security
300
320
China
Contemporary
url http://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/633
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