The applicability of policy-making theories in post-Mao China/

Jianrong, Huang

The applicability of policy-making theories in post-Mao China/ Huang Jianrong - Aldershot: Ashgate, 1999. - xiii, 351 p. ; 23 cm.

The significance of applying policy-making theories --
China's policy-making in the last two decades is well worthy of study --
The possible problems to conduct this study --
The key issues and study method --
Formulating the Theoretical Framework --
A survey of the state theories relating to how policy is made --
Policy and policy-making --
The diverse state theories about how policy is made --
Pluralism and neo-pluralism --
Elite theory --
Marxist theories --
Globalisation theory --
Institutionalist theory --
The applicability of the above theories to China's practice --
The fundamental structure and the principal features of the state's power in contemporary China --
The applicability of the theories to China's practice --
A review of the models about how China's policy is made --
The background and context --
The development of diverse models --
The theoretical basis of the Chinese policy-making models --
Reviewing the models --
The pluralism-basis models --
The elitism-basis models --
The institutionalism-basis and institutions-related models --
The diverse theories about how policy should be made --
Examining the theories --
Rationalism --
Incrementalism --
'Mixed scanning' approach --
Optimal method --
Contingent approach --
Garbage can theory --
The applicability of the selected theories to China's practice --
About rational theory --
About incrementalist model --
About mixed scanning model --
About optimal approach --
The Policy-Making Process of the Sez Course --
A general review of China's SEZ course.

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Politics and government--China
Economic policy
Free ports and zones

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