Authoritarian Governance, Decentralization, and State Legitimacy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Authoritarian Governance, Decentralization, and State Legitimacy write by . This book was released on 2013. Authoritarian Governance, Decentralization, and State Legitimacy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Motivated by the puzzle of state-led social policy expansion under an authoritarian regime, I examine China's rural health reform at the national level and implementation at the local level through three major questions: (1) Without the pressures of elections, why and how does an authoritarian state expand its role in healthcare? (2) In an authoritarian context, what are the causes and consequences of subnational variation in health policy implementation? (3) Why has inadequate healthcare not generated greater political instability in rural China? Through analysis of original survey data and fieldwork, I further our understanding of the sources of subnational social policy variation and the relationship between social policy and state legitimacy in an authoritarian context. At the national level, I demonstrate that a confluence of domestic and international factors, including changes in policymaking and international discourse regarding social policy, coupled with leadership change and a catalyzing event, precipitated health reform in China. At the subnational level, I show that provincial variation can be attributed two factors. First, because of distinct economic development strategies, Chinese provinces vary systematically in social policy priorities, producing subnational welfare regimes. Second, divergent center-province relations associated with provincial wealth generate different approaches to health policy implementation. Because poorer provinces rely on progressive central government transfers for healthcare, provincial leaders demonstrate compliance with national policy by setting provincial standards for implementation, thereby ensuring that local implementation is ostensibly consistent with central government goals. By contrast, since wealthier provinces are not reliant on central subsidies, they tend to further decentralize implementation and funding for health to lower levels of government. Despite the central government's progressive health subsidies, healthcare continues to lag behind in poorer areas. Although protest abounds in China, persistent problems in rural healthcare have not threatened political stability. I demonstrate that, although social welfare is linked to state legitimacy, villagers' expectations for healthcare are minimal. Consequently, although healthcare services cannot meet basic needs, they are sufficient to appease villagers. By examining health policy in rural China, my research advances our understanding of the relationship between social policy, decentralization, and state legitimacy in China and beyond.
Liberation Technology
Liberation Technology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Liberation Technology write by Larry Diamond. This book was released on 2012-07-30. Liberation Technology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Liberation Technology brings together cutting-edge scholarship from scholars and practitioners at the forefront of this burgeoning field of study. An introductory section defines the debate with a foundational piece on liberation technology and is then followed by essays discussing the popular dichotomy of liberation'' versus "control" with regard to the Internet and the sociopolitical dimensions of such controls. Additional chapters delve into the cases of individual countries: China, Egypt, Iran, and Tunisia.
The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization
The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization write by James Manor. This book was released on 1999. The Political Economy of Democratic Decentralization available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Nearly all countries worldwide are now experimenting with decentralization. Their motivation are diverse. Many countries are decentralizing because they believe this can help stimulate economic growth or reduce rural poverty, goals central government interventions have failed to achieve. Some countries see it as a way to strengthen civil society and deepen democracy. Some perceive it as a way to off-load expensive responsibilities onto lower level governments. Thus, decentralization is seen as a solution to many different kinds of problems. This report examines the origins and implications decentralization from a political economy perspective, with a focus on its promise and limitations. It explores why countries have often chosen not to decentralize, even when evidence suggests that doing so would be in the interests of the government. It seeks to explain why since the early 1980s many countries have undertaken some form of decentralization. This report also evaluates the evidence to understand where decentralization has considerable promise and where it does not. It identifies conditions needed for decentralization to succeed. It identifies the ways in which decentralization can promote rural development. And it names the goals which decentralization will probably not help achieve.
Non-democratic Regimes
Non-democratic Regimes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Non-democratic Regimes write by Paul Brooker. This book was released on 2000. Non-democratic Regimes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Paul Brooker's text provides a comprehensive assessment of the nature of authoritarian regimes, their changing character in the post-Cold War world, and the main theoretical explanations of their incidence, character and performance.
Decentralized Authoritarianism in China
Decentralized Authoritarianism in China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Decentralized Authoritarianism in China write by Pierre F. Landry. This book was released on 2008-10-16. Decentralized Authoritarianism in China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. China, like many authoritarian regimes, struggles with the tension between the need to foster economic development by empowering local officials and the regime's imperative to control them politically. Landry explores how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) manages local officials in order to meet these goals and perpetuate an unusually decentralized authoritarian regime. Using unique data collected at the municipal, county, and village level, Landry examines in detail how the promotion mechanisms for local cadres have allowed the CCP to reward officials for the development of their localities without weakening political control. His research shows that the CCP's personnel management system is a key factor in explaining China's enduring authoritarianism and proves convincingly that decentralization and authoritarianism can work hand in hand.
