Jae Ho Chung and Tao-Chiu Lam, eds., Chinas Local Administration. Traditions and Changes in the Sub-national Hierarchy (New York: Routledge, 2010), 223p. $140.00 hardback.

摘要

This volume is a much-needed publication which provides a comprehensive overview of the spatial organization of political power in China's administrative hierarchy. Jae Ho Chung's introductory chapter outlines the major changes that have taken place, especially since the start of the reform era, resulting in an ever more complex administrative structure. The following chapters focus on one particular governmental level or type of local administration, addressing their historical evolution, functions and relations with higher and lower level units, the impact of reforms and their future prospects.