Policy experimentation in China's economic rise

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-26

  Heilmann, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; ECONOMIC REFORM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 40449106439     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-007-9014-4     Document Type: Article

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