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STATE SPACE ANALYSIS (5) answer(s).
 
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New experiments with the "provincial administration of counties / Li, Yi; Wu, Fulong   Journal Article
Wu, Fulong Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract Since 2005. China has witnessed the emergence of a new form of administrative organization. In contrast with the earlier model of "City Jurisdiction Over Counties." which placed counties under the jurisdiction of cities. a new pilot program known as "Provincial Administration of Counties" has been launched. This program places counties and county-level cities under the direct administration of provinces. instead of prefecture-level cities. The central state has played a modest role in implementing this pilot program. whereas provincial and country-level governments have taken a more proactive approach. The central movement hopes that such a reform can address development imbalances that exist between counties and cities. Meanwhile. provincial governments see the reformats as a way to promote economic develop mint initiatives in counties and county-level cities. However. the implementation of reforms at the local level is not proceeding smoothly. This is mainly due to an asymmetry of power in city-county relations. itself' a legacy of earlier economic reforms that created the City Jurisdiction Over Counties system. This asymmetry has prevented ttrbanruraz tensions from being resolved. lnstead. such tensions have been shifted t'lownward to the city district level or upward to the regional level.
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Planning intercity railways in China's mega-city regions: insights from the Pearl River delta / Xu, Jiang; Chen, Yanyan   Journal Article
Xu, Jiang Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract Chinese mega-city regions have become a new scale of capital acetimulation and state regulation. In recent years these regions have attracted much scholarly attention: however. the'growing research on regional spaces in China is marked by a lack of what we term "realpo- litik" and an absence of rigorous case studies. This study uses the "politics of scale" to empin'cally investigate the realpolitik factors in the intercity railway planning process in the Pearl River Delta. To this end. we establish a two-dimensional approach to unravel the intercalary and intercity politics during this process. W'e argue that in an institutional vacuum. ad hoc measures have been frequently used to facilitate interscalar and intercity bargaining. This case study also establishes a new perspective for Uinderstaiiding China's urhaii and regional transformation. Rather than treating the state as a passive agent. coping with the powerful forces of decentralization and market reform. we argue that the state has strategically redefined itself and has become even more sophisticated in its sIi1icturcs. functions. and tactics. The traditional one-sitled and unidirectional approach to state-space analysis cannot adequately address these issues. A new perspective that considers the politics of variotis scales is needed to study the emerging state regime in China.
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Province-leading-county as a scaling-up strategy in China: the case of Jiangsu / Luo, Xiaolong; Cheng, Yeqing; Yin, Jie; Wang, Ying   Journal Article
Luo, Xiaolong Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract Scalar relations have been restructured in the contemporary capitalism. in post-reform China. many scalars are transformed and constructed with the transition from state socialism to market economy. This article examines the process of rescaling state power from the perspective of politics of scale. using a case of province-jading-city reform in Jiangsu province. By examining the role of government at various levels in the province-leading-city reform. it is argued that the province-leading-city reform is a rescaling of state power. involving up-scaling and down-scaling of powers. Due to power reshuffling in the rescaling process. there are intense power struggles among scalars in both vertical and horizontal dimensions. With the deepening process of globalization. marketization. and decentralization. China's cities and regions have undergone dramatic economic and political restructuring since the late l970s. There emerges consider- able acidotic and policy interests in China's changing urban and regional governance after the launch of economic reforms and open-door policy. especially after 2000.' On the urban scale. China's changing governance has been the focus of previous studies? By cautiously borrowing Western urban theories. such as urban regime. growth coalition. and entrepreneurial city. scholars have argued that transitional China shares stone similarities with Western societies, but there are still differences in urban governance due to a strong government or tight social control."
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Pseudo-urbanization or real urbanization: urban China's mergence of administrative regions and its effects, a case study of Zhongshan city, Guangdong province / Liu, Yungang; Jin, lie   Journal Article
Liu, Yungang Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract After the market reforms and opening tip ol" China in the late l97l)s. local governments played a central role in the country's rapid urbanization. particularly through the mergenee of administrative regions (MAR). However. the effect of these MARs is still debatable. ()n the one hand. an MAR can accelerate the pace of economic growth. reshape the power structure. and establish necessary coordination among different regions. On the other hand. a MAR can have negative effects which have led to "pseudo-urbanization" in other developing countries. What is the effect of the local. state-led MAR in China'? This study examines the MAR implemented by the local government of Zhongshan city. Guangdong province. The MAR is found to be associated with the robust growth of the downtown area and of the urban population: it has gradually reshaped the socioeconomic structure of the city. the urban landscape. and the identity of its residents. MARs in China are argu- ably characterizcd b_v a transition from pseudo-urbanization to "real" urbanization. This transition cannot be explained by existing, urban theories. such as the "growth machine." "urban regime," or "entrepreneurial city." Therefore. we use the term "government-led merging urbanization" tGMLz) to define the process. We further suggest that the GML7 concept can be used as a model of urbanization or urban growth. This model provides an important perspective for examining the role played by local governments in the process of urbanization.
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Rescaling as a leading national transformation project: decoding state rescaling in China's changing / Chen, Hao; Zhang, Jingxiang; Li, Xiangyu; Zhang, Zhao   Journal Article
Chen, Hao Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract it is worthwhile to empirically probe the prominent value of the transformation process by employing the state rescaling perspective. However, the stated rescaling, as an important theoretical discourses, that not been s_\ stoically scrutinized in Chinese context. In this article. the empirical lrainexxorlx based on the central state--led regional planning and its changes is established and implemented to unfold the solution tra_iector} of China's six state scaling stages since 1953. In the mean- time. it is argued that China's state rescaling is not resulted from o\enroll socioeconomic tt'ansforination. hut plays a role as the leading project. theoretical . it could he concluded that state rescaling in China is neither the product of internal 'natural economic process' nor the consequence triggered have the globalization. hut the outcome or" the state's politic political selection.
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