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Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China
Stanford University Press, 2004; 2006.
Dali L. Yang
From the Press: In this provocative, important study, Dali Yang examines a wide range of governance
reforms in the People’s Republic of China, including administrative rationalization, divestiture of businesses
operated by the military, and the building of anticorruption mechanisms. The author also analyzes how
China’s leaders have reformed existing institutions and constructed new ones to cope with unruly markets,
curb corrupt practices, and bring about a regulated economic order.
Though still a work in progress, taken together these reforms, Yang argues, have improved the institutional
environment for economic development and altered the landscape for China’s ongoing struggle against
rampant corruption. These measures are also likely to have important implications for the exercise of
governmental authority and for China’s future political development. As China’s role on the world stage
expands, the way the State conducts itself assumes increasing importance not just for those concerned
about the welfare of the Chinese people but also for those interested in China’s role in regional and world
affairs.
Table of Contents
A Note on Translation, Transliteration, Names, and Currency Exchange Rates
Abbreviations
Map of the People's Republic of China
1. Economic Transition and the Problem of Governance in China
2. Market Transition and the Remaking of the Administrative State
3. Institutional Development and the Quest for Fiscal Prowess and Market Order
4. The Smuggling Crisis and the Leveling of the Economic Playing Field
5. Administrative Rationalization and the Reorientation of Government Behavior
6. Market Incentives and the Disciplining of Government Discretion
7. Institutional Reforms and the Struggle Against Corruption
8. Institutions of Horizontal Accountability and Good Governance: Legislative Oversight and Government
Audit
9. Conclusions
Appendix: The Composition of the State Council, 1992 and 2003
Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Holding China Together: Diversity and National Integration in the Post-Deng Era
edited by Barry Naughton and Dali L. Yang
Cambridge University Press, 2004
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Despite many predictions of collapse and disintegration, China has managed to sustain unity and gain
international stature since the Tiananmen crisis of 1989. This volume addresses the "fragmentation-
disintegration thesis" and examines the sources and dynamics of China's resilience. Through theoretically
informed empirical studies, the volume's authors look at several key institutions for political integration and
economic governance. They also dissect how difficult policies to regulate economic and social life
(employment and migration, population planning, industrial adjustment, and regional disparities) are
designed and implemented. The authors show that China's leaders have retained authoritarian political
institutions but have also reinforced and modified them and constructed new ones in the light of changing
circumstances. In policy implementation, China's leaders have learned by doing and made significant
adaptations to improve the effectiveness of socioeconomic policies. Institutional and policy adaptations
together have helped shore up political authority and create an environment for rapid growth while
accommodating growing diversity.
Beyond Beijing: Liberalization and the Regions in China
Routledge, 1997
Dali L. Yang
There are wide disparities of wealth between the different regions of China. The result has been increased
tension between ethnic groups and serious divisions between China's provinces. This book offers a
balanced assessment of the dynamics and consequences of the decentralization of power and resources in
post-Mao China. The author argues that increasing decentralisation has unleashed much competition and
emulation among local governments. He discusses also the impact on regional disparities and cleavages,
and government efforts to address regional disparities. This book is an authoritative study of an issue that
will remain highly visible on China's political agenda for the foreseeable future.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Figures and tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1 Analytical perspectives
2 From Mao to Deng: Regional development policies and practices
3 The dynamics and progression of competitive liberalization
4 Resources, regional cleavages, and market integration
5 The politics of regional policy reorientation
6 The dilemmas of regional policy realignment
7 The debate over special economic zones
8 Regional dominance and regional change
Appendix I Reform and intra-provincial inequality in China: A preliminary study
Notes
Works cited
Index
Calamity and Reform in China:
State, Rural Society, and Institutional Change Since the Great Leap Famine
Stanford University Press, 1996
Dali L. Yang
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Note on Translation, Transliteration, Names, and Measures
Map of the People's Republic of China
Introduction: The Great Leap Famine, the Rise of Reform and the Cognitive Basis of Institutional Change
1 The Path to Disaster
2 The Political Economy of the Great Leap Famine
3 The Great Leap Famine and Rural Liberalization
4 The Cultural Revolution Interlude
5 Structural Incentives for Rural Reform
6 The Political Struggle over Reform
7 Reform Euphoria, Policy Myopia, and Rising Rural Discontent
8 Rural Industrialization, Political Empowerment, and State Policy
Conclusions and Reflections
Appendix: Main Sources of Data for Analyses of the Great Leap Famine
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
