00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000004782 20221013095044 0010-0520004782 221013################|##########|#eng## 9780415349505 eng 320.951 320.951 XIA p Xia, Ming The People's Congresses and Governance in China : Toward a network mode of governance / Ming Xia New York : Routledge, 2008 xviii, 300 p. ; illus. ; 24 cm Indeks : P.296-300 The people's Congresses and Governance in China : Toward a network mode of governance present a complex but convicing analysis of the transformation of governance in China. As the first systemic and theoretical study of China's provincial legislatures, it draws our attention to one of the most promising growth points in China's changing constitutional order. Through in-depth and first -hand research, the author provides a comprehensive explanation about why the provincial legislatures have acquired institutional maturation and expanded power in the context of Chinese transitional political economi. The book portrays an innovative pattern of legislative development, sums up pragmatic local strategies for market creation, and identifies multiple dynamics for promoting accountability and democracy. Governance in China 10366/MKRI-P/XI-2008 10367/MKRI-P/XI-2008