{"product_id":"maos-invisible-hand-elizabeth-j-perry-9780674060630","title":"Mao's Invisible Hand: The Political Foundations of Adaptive Governance in China","description":"\u003cp\u003eObservers have been predicting the demise of China's political system since Mao Zedong's death over thirty years ago. The Chinese Communist state, however, seems to have become increasingly adept at responding to challenges ranging from leadership succession and popular unrest to administrative reorganization, legal institutionalization, and global economic integration. What political techniques and procedures have Chinese policymakers employed to manage the unsettling impact of the fastest sustained economic expansion in world history? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the authors of these essays demonstrate, China's political system allows for more diverse and flexible input than would be predicted from its formal structures. Many contemporary methods of governance have their roots in techniques of policy generation and implementation dating to the revolution and early PRC--techniques that emphasize continual experimentation. China's long revolution had given rise to this guerrilla-style decisionmaking as a way of dealing creatively with pervasive uncertainty. Thus, even in a post-revolutionary PRC, the invisible hand of Chairman Mao--tamed, tweaked, and transformed--plays an important role in China's adaptive governance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sebastian Heilmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674060636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674060630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/21\/2012 pg. 60","brand":"Sebastian Heilmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925551350015,"sku":"9780674060630","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2ca90846-3b53-4d74-b689-ea324c1199e2.jpg?v=1681077943","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maos-invisible-hand-elizabeth-j-perry-9780674060630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}