Tackling unemployment in China: State capacity and governance issues

Pacific Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-229

  Duckett, Jane ^a   Hussain, Athar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Governance; State capacity; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 42549096190     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740801990279     Document Type: Article

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