01660cam a22002534a 4500 120606s2013 enk b 001 0 eng 9781107031425 9781107612549 SDU JQ1516 F432 L 2013 Fewsmith, Joseph, 185545 The logic and limits of political reform in China / Joseph Fewsmith. Cambridge, [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 219 p. HKBU Library "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"-- Political participation China. Local government China. Democratization China. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International. 185549 China Politics and government. 33118 = C.1 บัณฑิตวิทยาลัย GBE lcc 101871 101871 0 0 lcc 0 JQ1516 F432 L2013 0 CGB 283799 BD BD GEN 2025-10-03 2 JQ1516 F432 L 2013 1000360494 2025-10-03 00:00:00 C.1 2025-10-03 GBE