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Developing the Bureaucratic Framework

In: The Politics of Financing Education in China

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  • Tingjin Lin

    (Institute of Urban Development Studies
    University of Finance and Economics)

Abstract

The first section of the chapter critically reviews some possible explanations for the education inequality as a policy outcome in existing literature. It demonstrates that the institutional approach is more applicable to the current enquiry. The analytic framework of rational choice institutionalism, therefore, is detailed in the second section. With the discussion of the key features of the Chinese political system, Section 2.3 identifies the bureaucratic norm as the institutional context in China. The last section concludes the chapter and argues that whether a specific policy outcome is or is not consistent with the center’s intent fundamentally depends on the interaction between the policy and personnel norms. Distorted implementation, such as in education equalization, does not necessarily imply that Beijing’s control over provinces is eroding. Ironically, it might imply a positive capacity of the center if the systematic (even unsupportive) influence of personnel norms is taken into account.

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  • Tingjin Lin, 2013. "Developing the Bureaucratic Framework," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: The Politics of Financing Education in China, chapter 2, pages 22-44, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-00916-6_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137009166_2
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