Province-Leading-County as a Scaling-Up Strategy in China: The Case of Jiangsu

Scalar relations have been restructured in the contemporary capitalism. In post-reform China, many scalars are transformed and constructed with the transition from state socialism to market economy. This article examines the process of rescaling state power from the perspective of politics of scale,...

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Published in:China review (Hong Kong, China : 1991) China : 1991), 2014-04, Vol.14 (1), p.125-146
Main Authors: Luo, Xiaolong, Cheng, Yeqing, Yin, Jie, Wang, Ying
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Capitalism
China
Cities
College professors
Cooperation
Counties
County governments
Economic reform
Empowerment
Geography
Globalization
Governance
Government
Government reform
Intergovernmental relations
Market economy
Mass media
Nilotic languages
Payments
Politics
Power
Prefectures
Provinces
Provincial government
Public administration
Reforms
Resistance
Scalars
Scholars
Socialism
Sociopolitical factors
Stability
Studies
Towns
Transfer payments
Urban governance
Urban planning
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Summary:Scalar relations have been restructured in the contemporary capitalism. In post-reform China, many scalars are transformed and constructed with the transition from state socialism to market economy. This article examines the process of rescaling state power from the perspective of politics of scale, using a case of province-leading-city reform in Jiangsu province. By examining the role of government at various levels in the province-leading-city reform, it is argued that the province- leading-city reform is a rescaling of state power, involving up-scaling and down-scaling of powers. Due to power reshuffling in the rescaling process, there are intense power struggles among scalars in both vertical and horizontal dimensions.
ISSN:1680-2012
1015-6607