The Rise of Think Tanks in China.
Despite continuing criticism of the Chinese authoritarian political system, the range of participants in the decision-making process has widened, with different social actors now playing an increasingly important role in the Chinese policymaking process. Accordingly, the role of think tanks in the p...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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Colección: | China policy series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; PART I Theoretical and analytical framework; 1 Introduction; Observing think tanks in China; Explaining the influence of think tanks; Method and data; Structure of this book; 2 Think tanks and China's think tanks; The concept of think tanks; Think tanks in China; The development of China's think tanks; 3 Influences of China's think tanks; What is the influence of think tanks?; The paradigm of "social structure"; Contributions of think tank networks.
- Behavioral strategy of think tanksPART II Different origins and behavioral patterns: seven cases; 4 Government-affiliated semi-official think tanks; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC); China Centre for Information Industry Development (CCID); 5 Nongovernmental operational think tanks with government sponsorship; China Development Institute (CDI); China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE); 6 Nongovernmental think tanks; Unirule Institute of Economics (Tianze).
- Beijing Dajun Center for Economic Watch and Studies (Dajun Center)Summary of case studies; PART III Networks, influences, and social consequences: A nationwide survey; 7 Observations of think tank influence and networks; Think tank influence; Think tank networks; 8 The origin of think tank networks; Knowledge utilization; Stability of occupational mobility; Administrative networks; Data and results; 9 Influences and strategies; The effects of think tank networks; Knowledge utilization; 10 Social consequences: does think tanks' influence matter?
- Changes in China's policy decision-making processThink tank behaviors as an independent variable; Empirical results; PART IV Conclusion; 11 Policy market in China; Theoretical progress; Empirical research findings; Social values and trap; Appendix A Methods of China's think tanks questionnaire survey in 2004; Appendix B China's think tank questionnaire; Appendix C Representativeness tests; Appendix D Measurement of other variables; Appendix E Model multicollinearity tests; Notes; References; Index.