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dc.contributor.authorXu, Yi-chong
dc.contributor.authorWeller, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-23T23:40:15Z
dc.date.available2017-11-23T23:40:15Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn1324-9347
dc.identifier.doi10.1086/684857
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/99650
dc.description.abstractThe Standing Committee of the State Council (SCSC) is the principal government institution in China and is often referred to as the “Chinese Cabinet.” This article seeks to explain how the SCSC fulfills two functions that are required in all government executives: coordination and the resolution of disputes. It describes the membership of the SCSC, its supporting structures and its working practices, and identifies the alternative strategies available to the premier. The article challenges two popular accounts of the State Council that underplay its role in Chinese politics by either attributing all authority up to the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party or downward to the bureaucracies. The article concludes by suggesting a series of nuanced roles that the SCSC plays as it seeks to meet those key challenges of governing that, regardless of regime, all executive governments must face.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian National University
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dc.relation.ispartofpageto23
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe China Journal
dc.relation.ispartofvolume76
dc.subject.fieldofresearchComparative government and politics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440803
dc.titleThe Challenges of Governing: The State Council in China
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.facultyGriffith Business School, School of Government and International Relations
gro.rights.copyright© 2016 The China Journal. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. It is posted here with permission of the copyright owner(s) for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this journal please refer to the journal’s website.
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gro.griffith.authorWeller, Patrick M.
gro.griffith.authorXu, Yi-chong


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