Autocratic policy-making processes have been under studied both theoretically and empirically, while most literature on autocracies has assumed them to have a monolithic and top-down nature. This paper seeks to remedy this deficiency by focusing on logrolling among interest groups in fragmented...

Why was the same state in China able to promote economic growth in the reform era but not in the previous thirty years? In this paper we focus on a specific aspect that might help the search for a comprehensive explanation: the specific institutional arrangement that induced autocratic...

This book explores the institutional factors in social policymaking and implementation in China. From the performance evaluation system for local cadres to the intergovernmental fiscal system, local policy experimentation, logrolling among government departments, and the "top-level" design,...

Chapter 1. Political Economy of Social Policy. an Overview -- Chapter 2. Social making and implementation in China. Institutions and Actors -- Chapter 3. Centralization/Decentralization in Policymaking and Implementation -- Chapter 4. Interagency Collaboration in policymaking and implementation...