This is a highly recommended book...Insights drawn from fieldwork make this study rich and nuanced. This book will greatly benefit researchers interested in comparative welfare politics and comparative authoritarianism, as well as China specialists working on the politics of central-local relations.
Xian Huang is an assistant professor of political science at Rutgers University. Her research has focused on the politics of social inequality and redistribution with a regional focus on China. Her research has appeared in Governance, Social Science Research, The China Quarterly, Journal of Contemporary China, Journal of Chinese Political Science, and China: An International Journal.