Rural Policy Implementation in Contemporary China: New Socialist Countryside

ISBN-13: 9781138066168 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 272 str.

Anna Ahlers

Opis

This book presents an analysis of adaptive local policy implementation in China in the context of the "Building of a New Socialist Countryside" (BNSC) policy framework. Based on intensive field work in four counties in Fujian, Jiangxi, Shaanxi and Zhejiang Provinces between 2008 and 2011, it offers detailed analyses of the form and impact of county governments’ strategic agency at certain stages and within certain fields of the implementation process. Further, this study illustrates that BNSC is far more than the ‘empty slogan’ described by many observers when it was launched in 2005/2006. Instead, it has already brought about considerable shifts in terms of the process and outcomes of rural policy implementation.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part I: The "Building a New Socialist Countryside" macro policy - Design and content 2. Central policy design and local perception 3. Localizing the Building of a New Countryside  Part II: Implementing the Building of a New Countryside 4. Organizing, coordinating and funding the Building of a New Countryside 5. Steering the Building of a New Countryside downwards 6. Modeling the Building of a New Countryside 7. Evaluating the Building of a New Countryside  Part III: Conclusion 8. Conclusion

O autorze

Anna L. Ahlers is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the "Forum Internationale Wissenschaft", University of Bonn, Germany.