Centre and Province in the People's Republic of China: Sichuan and Guizhou, 1955-1965

According to common misconception the Chinese political system is highly centralised. One result of this widely accepted view is that China specialists have often neglected the study of decision-making as a process. Concentrating upon the neighbouring, but contrasting provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou during the decade before the Cultural Revolution, this book examines the interaction between centre and province and, without adopting, a 'centralist' or a 'pluralist' viewpoint, argues that a spatial dimension is of necessity part of the Chinese decision-making process. Particular attention is paid to the variability of this interaction over time.Goodman, David S. is the author of 'Centre and Province in the People's Republic of China: Sichuan and Guizhou, 1955-1965', published 1986 under ISBN 9780521325301 and ISBN 0521325307.