Hongping Lian: 2 books
A Phenomenology of Institutions
Relationality and Governance in China and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
To a degree insufficiently captured by the term governance, the present age is one of institutional complexity. China is a case in point. An amalgam of socialist, capitalist, corporatist, and pluralist characteristics, China's systems of governance defy classification using extant categories in the...
The Relationship between Land-lost Farmers and Local Government in China
Integration, Conflict, and Their Interplay
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
The study is set against the backdrop of the urbanization trend in present-day China, and focuses on the relationship between farmers who have lost their land (“land-lost farmers”) and local government. Particularly, it applies the extended case method to answer the following two questions: first,...