Shifting fiscal control to limit cadre power in China's townships and villages

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 211, 2012, Pages 649-675

  Oi, Jean C ^a   Babiarz, Kim Singer ^b   Zhang, Linxiu ^c   Luo, Renfu ^c   Rozelle, Scott ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Cadre power; Centralization; Fiscal control; Public investment; Rural China; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; CENTRALIZATION; EXPENDITURE; FISCAL REFORM; INVESTMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL POWER; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RURAL POLICY; TAX REFORM; VILLAGE;

CHINA;

EID: 84870033125     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741012000823     Document Type: Article

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