China’s Search for Good Governance

Governance has emerged as a central concept and key word in China's governmental and loc,al policy and practice at different levels. This edited collection combines empirical and normative researches as well as theoretical exploration and case studies on the governance theories and practices in China.

"The focus of this work is on the problem of 'governance, the effective exercise of authority over society and society's acknowledgement of that authority, an issue of both practical and intellectual current relevance. The book is certainly timely now."
—Peter R. Moody, professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
"To what extent can power be legitimized by governance that is good, though not democratic in procedural terms? This volume gives answers from a mostly Chinese perspective and will certainly trigger much debate among scholars interested in China's evolving state-society relationship."
-Gunter Schubert, chair of Greater China Studies, University of Tubingen
"Governance" has recently become a key concept among Chinese policymakers and academics.
It is increasingly reflected in reform practices at all levels of government in response to emerging social, political, economic, and environmental issues, as well as to challenges posed by China's market-oriented reforms and rapid modernization. This edited collection on China's ongoing search for good governance provides innovative analyses about the dynamics and factors shaping contemporary governance practices. Included are theoretical reflections on Chinese governance practices, China's growing role in global governance, and their long-term domestic and global implications.
Deng Zhenglai is a distinguished professor of Fudan University, dean of the Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences, and director of Fudan University Center for Contemporary China Research. He is editor-in-chief of the Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, China Social Science Quarterly, Fudan Review of Political Philosophy, and many other journals and book series. He has authored nearly 20 books and edited numerous others. Some of his most influential books are State and Society: China's Civil Society; Research and Reflections:
Autonomy of China's Social Sciences; Freedom and Order: Hayekian Social Theories; Hayekian Legal Philosophy; and Rules, Order, and Ignorance: Hayekian Liberalism.
Sujian Guo is a distinguished professor of Fudan University, associate dean of Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences at Fudan University, and a professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the Center for U.S.-China Policy Studies at San Francisco State University. He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Chinese Political Science, editor of Rowman & Littlefield-Lexington's Chinese political studies series, and former president of the Association of Chinese Political Studies. He received his PhD from the University of Tennessee. His authored and edited books include China's Environmental Crisis: Domestic and Global Political Responses and Impacts; Thirty Years of China-US Relations: Analytical Approaches and Contemporary Issues;
Environmental Protection Policy and Experience in the U.S. and China's Western Regions; Greater China in an Era of Globalization; China in Search of a Harmonious Society; Harmonious World and China's New Foreign Policy; Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development; New Dimensions of Chinese Foreign Policy; and China in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Opportunities.