Economic freedom and political control in post-Mao China: A perspective of upward accountability and asymmetric decentralization

Asian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-89

  Chien, Shiuh Shen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric decentralization; China; Upward accountability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956234009     PISSN: 02185377     EISSN: 17507812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02185371003669379     Document Type: Article

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