| ID | 121254 |
| Title Proper | Rising central spending on public security and the dilemma facing grassroots officials in China |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Xie, Yue |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In response to worsening social instability in China, among
grassroots communities in the poorer central and western provinces in
particular, the Chinese central government has made budgetary arrangements, since 2003, to increase investment at the grassroots level to improve the capacity of local governments to maintain social order. However, this action by central government has created a dilemma for local
cadres: how to perform their duty to maintain social stability while also
balancing a heavy fiscal burden caused in part by the receipt of insufficient additional budgetary subsidies from higher government. This paper
is an account of and an analysis of how local cadres in China perform
their official duties when faced with this dilemma. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Vol. 42, No.2; 2013: p.79-109 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Current Chinese Affairs Vol. 42, No.2; 2013: p.79-109 |
| Key Words | China ; Weiwen ; Expenditure for Public Security ; Performing Official Duties ; Coercive Capacity |