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Introduction t e r r i to r i a L i t Y a n d s Pac e P r o d u c t i o n i n c H i n a , guEst Editor University of California, Berkeley Analyses of the local state in China in the past three decades have made a major contribution to the theorization of the state. By observing the active role of the local state in the economic transformation in post-Mao China, we have learned that the local state can no longer be treated as a passive agent, subordinate to the principality of the central state; nor is it sufficient to view the local state merely as a crisis manager.1 Because of the dynamic interaction between different levels of the Chinese state and the blurry line between policy making and implementation, we have also learned that the relationship between the central and local states can not be adequately portrayed as a dichotomy. Furthermore, the organization of the Chinese state compels us to recognize that a decentralized form of authoritarianism seems to have helped state power sustainability in the globalizing market economy. A growing number of studies on the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review University of Hawai'I Press

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Abstract

t e r r i to r i a L i t Y a n d s Pac e P r o d u c t i o n i n c H i n a , guEst Editor University of California, Berkeley Analyses of the local state in China in the past three decades have made a major contribution to the theorization of the state. By observing the active role of the local state in the economic transformation in post-Mao China, we have learned that the local state can no longer be treated as a passive agent, subordinate to the principality of the central state; nor is it sufficient to view the local state merely as a crisis manager.1 Because of the dynamic interaction between different levels of the Chinese state and the blurry line between policy making and implementation, we have also learned that the relationship between the central and local states can not be adequately portrayed as a dichotomy. Furthermore, the organization of the Chinese state compels us to recognize that a decentralized form of authoritarianism seems to have helped state power sustainability in the globalizing market economy. A growing number of studies on the

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Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture ReviewUniversity of Hawai'I Press

Published: Jun 28, 2012

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