Decision-making in Deng's China: Perspectives from Insiders: Perspectives from Insiders (Studies on Contemporary China (M.E. Sharpe Paperback))

Considers the politics of central decision-making by focusing on senior policy makers and implementing bureaucracies on the one hand, and actors in economic and non-economic arenas on the other. The contributors held significant party and government positions in China up to 1989. Introduction : Core Issues In Understanding The Decision Process / Carol Lee Hamrin And Suisheng Zhao -- Central Leadership And Executive Systems. The Nature Of Chinese Authoritarianism / Yan Jiaqi -- The Evolution Of The Central Secretariat And Its Authority / Ruan Ming -- Documentary Politics : Hypotheses, Process, And Case Studies / Guoguang Wu -- Organizational Hierarchy And The Cadre Management System / Yan Huai -- Bulwark Of The Planned Economy : The Structure And Role Of The State Planning Commission / Wang Lixin And Joseph Fewsmith. The United Front Work System And The Nonparty Elite / Tong Zhan -- Open And Closed Media : External And Internal Newspapers In The Propaganda System / Ching-chang Hsiao And Timothy Cheek -- Bureaucratic Structure, Process, And Politics. Mechanisms Of Foreign Policy-making And Implementation In The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs / George Yang -- Decision-making And Implementation Of Policy Toward Hong Kong / Kam Yiu-yu -- The Structure Of The Chinese Academy Of Social Sciences And Two Decisions To Abolish Its Marxism-leninism-mao Zedong Thought Institute / Su Shaozhi. Political Work In The Military From The Viewpoint Of The Beijing Garrison Command / Fang Zhu -- Experiments In System Reform. The Decision Process Behind The 1986-1989 Political Reforms / Chen Yizi -- Separating The Party From The Government / Hsiao Pen -- Establishing A Public Service System / Yan Huai -- Political Reform In Beijing City / Zhu Xiaoqun -- A Long Way Toward A Free Press : The Case Of The World Economic Herald / Meirong Yang -- Decision And Miscarriage : Radical Price Reform In The Summer Of 1988 / Cheng Xiaonong. Comparisons And Conclusions. Politics Inside The Ring Road : On Sources And Comparisons / H. Lyman Miller -- The Structure Of Authority And Decision-making : A Theoretical Framework / Suisheng Zhao. Carol Lee Hamrin And Suisheng Zhao, Editors ; With A Foreword By A. Doak Barnett. An East Gate Book. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.