Chinese Provincial Leaders: Economic Performance and Political Mobility Since 1949 (Studies on Contemporary China (M.E. Sharpe Hardcover))

Based on biographical data on more than 2,500 individuals in China's thirty provincial units from the beginning of the People's Republic in 1949, this is the most comprehensive and systematic treatment of China's provincial leaders ever published. The study presents detailed accounts of four categories of provincial leaders - party secretaries, deputy party secretaries, governors, and vice governors - including age, gender, nationality, hometown, education, party membership, and length of membership. It also traces the careers of these leaders in terms of promotion, demotion, transfer, and retirement. And using sophisticated statistical analysis, it links the political mobility of these leaders to the economic performance of their provincial units. 1. Introduction: Toward A Performance Model 3 -- Factionalism And Political Mobility 5 -- Localism And Political Mobility 7 -- Performance And Political Mobility 9 -- 2. Provincial Power And Provincial Economic Resources In China 19 -- Provincial Power: The Central Committee Representation 19 -- Elite Provinces And The Politburo 24 -- Provincial Power: Central Committee Index 27 -- Economic Resources And Provincial Power 27 -- 3. Actors: Chinese Provincial Leaders 36 -- Age 36 -- Party-years 41 -- Natives And Outsiders 43 -- Educational Backgrounds 50 -- Female Provincial Leaders 56 -- Minority Provincial Leaders 60 -- 4. Political Mobility Of Chinese Provincial Leaders 70 -- Stability Of Provincial Leadership 71 -- Upward Mobility 76 -- Horizontal Mobility 82 -- Downward Mobility 86 -- Retirement 89 -- Career Path And Political Mobility 94 -- 5. Personal Characteristics And Political Mobility 103 -- Hypotheses 104 -- Models 112 -- Findings 115 -- 6. Economic Performance And Political Mobility 130 -- Hypotheses 131 -- Models 135 -- Findings 136 -- Discussion: Performance And Mobility 139 -- 7. Conclusion: Economic Performance And Political Mobility 143 -- Decentralization: Economic Or Political? 144 -- Factions And Chinese Politics 145 -- Localism And Chinese Politics 146 -- Technocracy And Chinese Politics 146 -- Economic Performance And Political Mobility 147 -- The Nature Of The Chinese State 148 -- Appendix Historical Evolution Of The Prc Provincial System 151 -- Period 1 October 1949-june 1954 151 -- Period 2 June 1954-58 155 -- Period 3 1958-66 157 -- Period 4 Zhiyue Bo. An East Gate Book. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 161-168) And Index.