Introduction / John Fitzgerald -- The province in history / John Fitzgerald -- New Chongqing : opportunities and challenges / Lijian Hong -- Henan as a model : from hegemonism to fragmentism / Thomas Heberer and Sabine Jakobi -- Guangdong under reform : social and political trends and challenges / Peter Cheung -- Discourses of poverty : weakness, potential and provincial identity in Anhui / Wanning Sun -- Looking South : local identities and transnational linkages in Yunnan / Margaret Swain -- The political implications of Heilongjiang's industrial structure / Gaye Christofferson -- Why provinces? / Barbara Krug.
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Originally published 2002 by Routledge.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Introduction / John Fitzgerald -- 2. The province in history / John Fitzgerald -- 3. New chongqing : opportunities and challenges / Lijian Hong -- 4. Henan as a model : from hegemonism to fragmentism / Thomas Heberer and Sabine Jakobi -- 5. Guangdong under reform : social and political trends and challenges / Peter Cheung -- 6. Discourses of poverty : weakness, potential and provincial identity in Anhui / Wanning Sun -- 7. Looking south : local identities and transnational linkages in Yunnan / Margaret Swain -- 8. The political implications of Heilongjiang's industrial structure / Gaye Christoffersen -- 9. Why provinces? / Barbara Krug.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book seeks to locate the province as an administrative level in the Chinese state, through an examination of historic, economic, social and political developments of these units. It contains extensively researched empirical data.
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Title
Rethinking China's provinces.
International Standard Book Number
0203281675
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
State governments-- China-- History.
State governments-- China.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.