Policy Making in China
by Kenneth Lieberthal & Michel Oksenberg
Princeton University, 1990
https://press.princeton.edu/titles/4275.html
1. STRUCTURE AND PROCESS: AN OVERVIEW
The Western Literature on the Chinese Policy Process
Introducing Bureaucratic Structure
Limitations of the Study
Principal Findings
Outline of the Study
2. AT THE TOP
The Top Leadership
Staff, Research, and Coordinating Offices
Three Energy Sector Leaders
The Question of Factionalism among the Leaders
3. COMMISSIONS AND MINISTRIES
State Planning Commission
State Economic Commission
State Science and Technology Commission
Ministry of Petroleum
Ministry of Coal
Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade
Bank of China
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Formal Policy Process
4. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STRUCTURE OF POWER
Fragmented Structure of Authority
The Integrative Mechanisms
Behavioral Consequences
5. CHINA'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD: THE CASE OF PETROLEUM, 1959-84 169
Stage One: The Daqing Years, 1960-63
Stage Two: The Petroleum Group Emerges on the National Scene, 1964-71
Stage Three: The Petroleum Group Turns Outward, 1972-77
Stage Four: Foreign Equity Holdings Will Be Permitted, 1977-79
Stage Five: Establishing a Partnership with the Multination(Jls, 1979-83
Stage Six: Creating Interface Organizations
The End of an Era?
6. THE THREE GORGES DAM PROJECT 269 8. SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPARATIVE COMMUNIST STUDIES
Introduction
The Rationality Model and Its Limits
The Pertinent Bureaucracies
Stages
Three Gorges Project History
The State of Play in 1986
Conclusion: Three Gorges and the Policy'Process
7. CENTRAL-PROVINCIAL AND INTERAGENCY RELATIONS IN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Central-Provincial Relations
Central-Provincial Relations and the Development of Shanxi Coal Organizing the South China Sea Effort Conclusion
New Items on the Research Agenda on Burealicracy in Soviet- Style System
Core Issues in Comparative Communist Studies
Explaining the Evolution of Bureaucratic Structures and Processes in Communist Systems
The Capacity for Reform