{"product_id":"centre-and-province-in-the-peoples-republic-of-china-sichuan-and-guizhou-1955-1965-paperback-9780521103534","title":"Centre and Province in the People's Republic of China; Sichuan and Guizhou, 1955–1965 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521103534","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCentre and Province in the People's Republic of China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSichuan and Guizhou, 1955–1965\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAccording to common misconception the Chinese political system is highly centralized.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid S. G. Goodman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521103534, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 December 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAccording 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Before Decentralization: 1. Political traditions and the consolidation of rule\u003cbr\u003e 2. 1955–7: the end of the Soviet model\u003cbr\u003e 3. Agricultural co-operativization\u003cbr\u003e 4. Decentralization and national politics: 1955–7\u003cbr\u003e Part II. After Decentralization: 5. 1958–60: the Great Leap Forward\u003cbr\u003e 6. 1961–5: the prelude to the Cultural Revolution\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rural people's communes\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Southwest Region and the Southwest Regional Bureau.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006407659800,"sku":"9780521103534","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521103534i_15f3dbc5-a217-4a5d-b39c-4f646450c404.jpg?v=1694970921","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/centre-and-province-in-the-peoples-republic-of-china-sichuan-and-guizhou-1955-1965-paperback-9780521103534","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}