Original scientific paper

Local Public Services Provision in China – An Institutional Analysis

Lisheng Dong orcid.org/0000-0002-3810-6455 ; Marie Curie Research Professor of the School of Political and Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Qun Cui ; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
Tom Christensen ; Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway

Abstract

The article reviews the institutional change of local public service provision in China. The emphasis is placed on the characteristics and reasons of the evolution process. The first part presents the characteristics and changes of local public service provision in five periods. The second part analyses public service provision through structural-instrumental, cultural and environmental perspectives. The third part explores whether China has experienced “pendulum-type”
movements like some Europe countries. The institutional change of local public service in China is incremental. Although it shows some convergence with the trend of certain European countries, it retains special features.

Keywords

China; local public service; institutional change; remunicipalization

Hrčak ID:

149564

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/149564

Publication date:

16.9.2015.

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