Politicians, legislature, and localism in Guangdong--: towards an institutionalized autonomy.

• Other Authors: Li, Jiehui.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Local government; Local government > China > Guangdong Sheng; Local government > Law and legislation; Local government > Law and legislation > China > Guangdong Sheng; Elite (Social sciences) > Political activity; Elite (Social sciences) > China > Guangdong Sheng > Political activity; Central-local government relations; Central-local government relations > China > Guangdong Sheng; Politics and government
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5896265; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-322361

submitted by Li Jiehui. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-126). === Abstract also in Chinese. === Acknowledgements --- p.v === Abstract --- p.vi === Abbreviations --- p.viii === Tables and figures --- p.ix === Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- The research question --- p.1 === Chapter 1.2 --- The research method --- p.3 === Chapter 1.2.1 --- The legal and political scales --- p.3 === Chapter 1.2.2 --- The adaptation of Page's method in China --- p.5 === Chapter 1.2.3 --- The utilities of the two scales --- p.6 === Chapter 1.3 --- The research plan --- p.8 === Chapter Chapter 2 --- Central-local relations in China: an overview --- p.10 === Chapter 2.1 --- Major reforms in central-local relations --- p.10 === Chapter 2.2 --- Provinces under the economic cycle --- p.13 === Chapter 2.3 --- The case of Guangdong --- p.14 === Chapter Chapter 3 --- Legal assessment I: China --- p.16 === Chapter 3.1 --- The general legal framework --- p.17 === Chapter 3.1.1 --- Omni-competence --- p.17 === Chapter 3.1.2 --- Dual subordination --- p.18 === Chapter 3.1.3 --- The role of the Party --- p.20 === Chapter 3.2 --- Legal documents and opportunities --- p.21 === Chapter 3.2.1 --- National laws --- p.21 === Chapter 3.2.2 --- Administrative regulations --- p.22 === Chapter 3.2.3 --- Government/Party documents --- p.24 === Chapter 3.2.4 --- Local legislation --- p.27 === Chapter 3.3 --- Assessing legal localism --- p.28 === Chapter Chapter 4 --- Legal assessment II: Guangdong --- p.30 === Chapter 4.1 --- Build up a legal framework: 1979-1988 --- p.31 === Chapter 4.2 --- Recession: 1989-1990 --- p.34 === Chapter 4.3 --- Legislation of interests: 1991 -now --- p.34 === Chapter 4.3.1 --- The case of the regulation for property registration --- p.37 === Chapter 4.4 --- Development of other provinces: a comparison --- p.40 === Chapter 4.5 --- Major findings --- p.43 === Chapter Chapter 5 --- Political assessment I: China --- p.44 === Chapter 5.1 --- Page's methodology --- p.44 === Chapter 5.2 --- The conventional approach --- p.45 === Chapter 5.2.1 --- The National People's Congress --- p.46 === Chapter 5.2.2 --- The CCP Politburo --- p.48 === Chapter 5.3 --- The mechanism of maintaining local representation --- p.50 === Chapter 5.3.1 --- Patron-clientelism in Italy --- p.50 === Chapter 5.3.2 --- Reciprocal accountability and particularism in China --- p.51 === Chapter 5.4 --- Assessing political localism --- p.53 === Chapter Chapter 6 --- Political assessment II: Guangdong --- p.55 === Chapter 6.1 --- 1979-1984: harmonious central-Guangdong relations --- p.55 === Chapter 6.1.1 --- Preparation of the special policies --- p.56 === Chapter 6.1.2 --- Contents of the special policies --- p.57 === Chapter 6.1.3 --- Ren Zhongyi' s period --- p.58 === Chapter 6.1.4 --- Central criticism and Guangdong' response --- p.59 === Chapter 6.1.5 --- The first five years of reform --- p.61 === Chapter 6.2 --- 1985-1988: the climax of Guangdong's autonomy --- p.62 === Chapter 6.2.1 --- State Council Document (1985) No46 --- p.62 === Chapter 6.2.2 --- State Council Correspondence (1988) No25 --- p.64 === Chapter 6.3 --- 1989-1997: defending local autonomy --- p.66 === Chapter 6.3.1 --- Economic retrenchment and Guangdong's response --- p.66 === Chapter 6.3.2 --- Introduction of tax-sharing system --- p.68 === Chapter 6.3.3 --- Resisting “northerners´ح --- p.70 === Chapter 6.3.4 --- The coming of outsiders --- p.71 === Chapter 6.4 --- Major findings --- p.72 === Chapter Chapter 7 --- The trend of change --- p.74 === Chapter 7.1 --- The connection between legal and political localism --- p.75 === Chapter 7.1.1 --- Scenario I --- p.75 === Chapter 7.1.2 --- Scenario II --- p.78 === Chapter 7.1.3 --- Scenario III --- p.80 === Chapter 7.1.4 --- Some observation --- p.84 === Chapter 7.2 --- Implications on institutionalization --- p.85 === Chapter 7.2.1 --- Definition of institutionalization --- p.85 === Chapter 7.2.2 --- The lack of institutionalization in China --- p.86 === Chapter 7.2.3 --- Institutionalization and Guangdong --- p.88 === Chapter 7.3 --- Legal localism: a desirable outcome --- p.91 === Chapter 7.3.1 --- Major features of political localism and legal legalism --- p.91 === Chapter 7.3.2 --- Implications on institutionalization --- p.96 === Chapter 7.3.3 --- Desirability of legal localism --- p.98 === Chapter 7.3.4 --- The course towards legal localism --- p.98 === Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusion --- p.102 === Chapter 8.1 --- Legal centralism and political localism --- p.102 === Chapter 8.2 --- The lack of institutionalization --- p.103 === Chapter 8.3 --- The prospects: legal localism or dual localism --- p.104 === Chapter 8.4 --- Directions for further studies --- p.106 === Appendices === Chapter I --- A complete list of local legislation of Guangdong --- p.108 === Chapter II --- "Leaders of Guangdong Province, 1949-1998" --- p.118 === References --- p.119