01518cam a22002174a 4500008004100000020001800041020001800059040000800077050002400085100002200109245007400131260007600205300001100281505001700292520081000309650003601119650002901155650002801184650005201212651003601264120606s2013    enk      b    001 0 eng    a9781107031425  a9781107612549  aSDU00aJQ1516bF432 L 20131 aFewsmith, Joseph,14aThe logic and limits of political reform in China /cJoseph Fewsmith.  aCambridge, [England]  ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a219 p.  aHKBU Library  a"In the 1990s China embarked on a series of political reforms intended to increase, however modestly, political participation to reduce the abuse of power by local officials. Although there was initial progress, these reforms have largely stalled and, in many cases, gone backward. If there were sufficient incentives to inaugurate reform, why wasn,Ŵt there enough momentum to continue and deepen them? This book approaches this question by looking at a number of promising reforms, understanding the incentives of officials at different levels, and the way the Chinese Communist Party operates at the local level. The short answer is that the sort of reforms necessary to make local officials more responsible to the citizens they govern cut too deeply into the organizational structure of the party"-- 0aPolitical participationzChina. 0aLocal governmentzChina. 0aDemocratizationzChina. 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International. 0aChinaxPolitics and government.