Chien, Shiuh-Shen and Gordon, Ian (2008) Territorial competition in China and the West. Regional Studies, 42 (1). pp. 31-49. ISSN 0034-3404
Abstract
In modern western societies, and most other economies to which it has spread, territorial economic competition is associated with a combination of competitive electoral politics and private land-ownership. In mainland China, however, a very strong form of this competition has emerged without either of these supports. In general, the development of such local collective action and its particular effects reflect an interaction between materially interested local agents and structural pressures. The difference in China is that these agents are principally local government leaders whose career prospects within a still centralized system depend upon performance in terms of economic criteria set from above
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| Official URL: | http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t71... |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 Taylor & Francis |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | J Political Science > JZ International relations |
| Sets: | Departments > Geography and Environment Research centres and groups > Spatial Economics Research Centre |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2008 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/3189/ |
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