The role of the state in China's urban system development : government capacity, institution and policy / Jiejing Wang.
Wang, Jiejing, author.
2021
HT384.C6
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Title The role of the state in China's urban system development : government capacity, institution and policy / Jiejing Wang.
Author Wang, Jiejing, author.
ISBN 9789813363625 (electronic bk.)
9813363622 (electronic bk.)
9813363614
9789813363618
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6362-5
Published Singapore : Springer, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (221 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-33-6362-5 doi
Call Number HT384.C6
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.760951
Summary This book investigates how the state intervenes in the urban system in China in the post-reform period. To do so, it constructs a conceptual framework based on the perspective of political hierarchy, suggesting that the state power is hierarchically organized in Chinas urban system, leading to variations in urban government capacities among cities. The book reveals that the state has largely achieved the goal of its national urban system policy to strictly control the scale of large cities resulting in the under-development of the large cities if they are mainly developing according to the market force. However, this has become less influential with the advances toward a market economy. Further, state regulation and policies have reduced the gaps between cities at the top and bottom of the urban hierarchy. The book argues that the Urban Administrative System (UAS) is an important tool for the state to regulate urban system development, and the administrative level has a significant effect on urban growth performance. It contends that Chinas urban system is strongly shaped by the omnipresent state through the UAS, which hierarchically differentiates between the urban growth processes. By controlling the administrative-level upgrading process, the state can prevent the size and number of cities from increasing too rapidly. This theoretical and empirical enquiry highlights the fact that the hierarchical power relations among cities and the resulting variations in urban government capacities are the key to understanding the role of the state in Chinas urban system development in the post-reform period.
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Introduction
Literature Review
Chinas Urban System Development: Basic Concepts, Historical Development, and Changes of the State Policies and Institutions
Conceptualizing the Role of the State in Chinas Urban System Development
Identifying the Development Patterns of Chinas Urban System: Effects of the National Urban System Policy
Effects of Urban Government Capacity on Urban System Development in China
Effects of Urban Administrative System on Urban System Development in China
Conclusions.

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