State rescaling, policy experimentation and path dependency in post-Mao China: a dynamic analytical framework
This paper evaluates the applicability of the state rescaling framework for framing politico-economic evolution in China. It then presents an analytical framework that examines institutional change as driven by the dynamic entwinement of state rescaling, place-specific policy experimentation and ins...
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| description | This paper evaluates the applicability of the state rescaling framework for framing politico-economic evolution in China. It then presents an analytical framework that examines institutional change as driven by the dynamic entwinement of state rescaling, place-specific policy experimentation and institutional path dependency. The framework problematizes simple ‘transition’ models that portray a mechanistic ‘upward’ or ‘downward’ reconfiguration of regulatory relations after market-like rule was instituted in 1978. It emphasizes, instead, a more established pattern of development marked simultaneously by geographically distinct (and enduring) institutional forms and experimental (and capricious) attempts to transcend them. |
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| spelling | nottingham-429242020-05-04T18:51:52Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42924/ State rescaling, policy experimentation and path dependency in post-Mao China: a dynamic analytical framework Lim, Kean Fan This paper evaluates the applicability of the state rescaling framework for framing politico-economic evolution in China. It then presents an analytical framework that examines institutional change as driven by the dynamic entwinement of state rescaling, place-specific policy experimentation and institutional path dependency. The framework problematizes simple ‘transition’ models that portray a mechanistic ‘upward’ or ‘downward’ reconfiguration of regulatory relations after market-like rule was instituted in 1978. It emphasizes, instead, a more established pattern of development marked simultaneously by geographically distinct (and enduring) institutional forms and experimental (and capricious) attempts to transcend them. Taylor and Francis 2017-06-26 Article PeerReviewed Lim, Kean Fan (2017) State rescaling, policy experimentation and path dependency in post-Mao China: a dynamic analytical framework. Regional Studies, 51 (10). pp. 1580-1593. ISSN 1360-0591 China; political economy; state rescaling; policy experimentation; path-dependency http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2017.1330539 doi:10.1080/00343404.2017.1330539 doi:10.1080/00343404.2017.1330539 |
| spellingShingle | China; political economy; state rescaling; policy experimentation; path-dependency Lim, Kean Fan State rescaling, policy experimentation and path dependency in post-Mao China: a dynamic analytical framework |
| title | State rescaling, policy experimentation and path dependency in post-Mao China: a dynamic analytical framework |
| title_full | State rescaling, policy experimentation and path dependency in post-Mao China: a dynamic analytical framework |
| title_fullStr | State rescaling, policy experimentation and path dependency in post-Mao China: a dynamic analytical framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | State rescaling, policy experimentation and path dependency in post-Mao China: a dynamic analytical framework |
| title_short | State rescaling, policy experimentation and path dependency in post-Mao China: a dynamic analytical framework |
| title_sort | state rescaling, policy experimentation and path dependency in post-mao china: a dynamic analytical framework |
| topic | China; political economy; state rescaling; policy experimentation; path-dependency |
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