Signal Left, Turn Right: Central Rhetoric and Local Reform in China

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 292-305

  Huang, Haifeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

decentralization; local reform; postcommunist reform; propaganda; rhetoric; signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876993526     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1065912912443874     Document Type: Article

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