Institutions of the party-state

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Institutions of the party-state

• How is the party-state structured?
• What are the mechanisms of party control?

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How is the party-state structured?
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Institutions of the party-state

• What are the mechanisms of party control?
• Democratic centralism, party discipline
• Nomenklatura
• List of positions for which party vets candidates
• Double-hatting and interlocking directorates
• Party core groups and party committees

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5 Levels of Government Administration in China

• CENTRAL LEVEL
• PROVINCIAL LEVEL
• MUNICIPAL (PREFECTURAL) LEVEL
• COUNTY LEVEL
• TOWNSHIP LEVEL

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Competing sources of authority

• Vertical-horizontal relations (tiao-kuai guanxi
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• Local Communist Party secretaries often hold sway
  over bureaucrats in the local offices of central
  agencies
• Ex local environmental protection bureau
• Less likely to implement the policies of the
  State Environmental Protection Agency if the
  local CCP party secretary cares more about
  industrial output and jobs then clear air or water