Selective policy implementation in rural China

Kevin J. O’BRIEN; Lianjiang LI

Selective policy implementation in rural China

Kevin J. O’BRIEN, Lianjiang LI

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Abstract

How do Chinese local officials distinguish between policies that must be executed and those they can safely ignore? Selective implementation is an outgrowth of the institutions that govern cadre management. As a result of one-level-down management, the end of mass campaigns, and cadre responsibility systems, local officials have urged villagers to pay their taxes, accept cremation, and practice birth control but to ignore less measurable policies that forbid excessive extraction and coercive behavior. The article also discusses efforts to address misimplementation, including "rightful resistance" by aggrieved villagers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Public Management: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management
Editors	Stephen P. OSBORNE
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	227-247
Number of pages	21
Volume	4
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9780415233804
Publication status	Published - 13 Dec 2001
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Critical Perspectives on Business and Management
Publisher	Routledge

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