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Croatian and comparative public administration : a journal for theory and practice of public administration, Vol. 15 No. 3, 2015.

Original scientific paper

Public Service Reform in China

Lisheng Dong orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-3810-6455 ; Marie Curie Research Professor of the School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Xuanhui Liu ; Economics and Management School, Xi’an Technological University

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Abstract

The article reviews the history of public service reform in China. It shows the special path of public service reform in a country transformed from a planned socialist mechanism to a market economy. The public service reform in China is distinctive by its incremental nature. The article is based on the theory of historical institutionalism. The analysis of path dependence of the reform is made from the perspectives of political context, economic foundation, and globalization. The qualitative research method is employed. The article concludes with a summary of current problems and prediction for the future of public service reform in China.

Keywords

public service reform; China; historical institutionalism; path dependence; transition

Hrčak ID:

149561

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/149561

Publication date:

16.9.2015.

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