Mao's Invisible Hand: The Political Foundations of Adaptive Governance in China

Description: Mao's Invisible Hand : the Political Foundations of Adaptive Governance in China; editors Sebastian Heilmann & Elizabeth J. Perry; Harvard University Asia Center; 2011 This paperback's cover shows very little wear. There is a slight scrape on the top edge of the back cover. The binding is tight. No missing, torn, or folded pages. Pages are printed in acid free paper. Some of the chapter eight pages have underlined portions, but legibility is not compromised. Otherwise all pages are unmarked, clean, and crisp!1" x 9" x 6" 320 Pages Observers have been predicting the demise of China’s political system since Mao Zedong’s death over forty years ago. The Chinese Communist state, however, seems to have become increasingly adept at responding to challenges ranging from leadership succession and popular unrest to administrative reorganization, legal institutionalization, and global economic integration. What political techniques and procedures have Chinese policymakers employed to manage the unsettling impact of the fastest sustained economic expansion in world history?As the authors of these essays demonstrate, China’s political system allows for more diverse and flexible input than would be predicted from its formal structures. Many contemporary methods of governance have their roots in techniques of policy generation and implementation dating to the revolution and early PRC―techniques that emphasize continual experimentation. China’s long revolution had given rise to this guerrilla-style decision making as a way of dealing creatively with pervasive uncertainty. Thus, even in a post-revolutionary PRC, the invisible hand of Chairman Mao―tamed, tweaked, and transformed―plays an important role in China’s adaptive governance.

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