Modernization theory in China's context : state capacity and central-local relations

In 1959, Lipset has set the academic foundation of modernization theory, by arguing that a steady increase in the overall wealth of a society is conducive to the consolidation of political democracy. In this paper, I would like to discuss the relation between economic development and political de...

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Main Author: Ju, Huijing
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55159