China Perspective Issues
Christian Göbel
Yongnian Zheng, De Facto Federalism in China: Reforms and Dynamics of Central-Local Relations
Measuring and Explaining the Distributive Effects of Rural Tax and Fee Reform in Anhui Province
This paper focuses on the distributive effects of the Rural Tax and Fee Reform on county-level aggregate peasant burden, peasant income, and government finances in China’s Anhui Province. It seeks to answer the question of whether the reform has changed the structural determinants of peasant per capita income and government revenue. It further tackles the question of who actually benefited during the reform period, who did not, and if the changes in average county-level peasant per capita income (PPCI) and government receipts were indeed results of the reform, or if they were brought about by other, unrelated factors.
Ko-lin Chin, Heijin. Organized Crime, Business and Politics in Taiwan
Décapiter l'hydre : le combat contre la corruption politique et le crime organisé
Cet article analyse les politiques mises en uvre par les administrations du Kuomintang (KMT), puis du Parti démocrate progressiste (PDP) pour combattre la corruption, le crime organisé et l'achat de votes, sous deux perspectives différentes. La première, politique, examine la formulation, l'application et l'impact des mesures les plus significatives. La deuxième est une perspective institutionnelle, qui explique comment des contraintes ont conduit à des résultats qui souvent ne correspondaient pas aux intentions originelles.