According to common misconception the Chinese political system is highly centralized. One result of this widely accepted view is that China specialists have often neglected the study of decision-making as a process. Concentrating upon the neighbouring but contrasting provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou during the decade before the Cultural Revolution, this book examines the interaction between centre and province and, without adopting a 'centralist' or a 'pluralist' viewpoint, argues that a spatial dimension is of necessity part of the Chinese decision-making process. Particular attention is paid to the variability of this interaction over time.
- ISBN13 9780521325301
- Publish Date 9 October 1986
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 10 December 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 257
- Language English