Strong Institutions in Weak Polities: State Building in Republican China, 1927-1940

By Julia C. Strauss

This work explores state building and the processes by which supporting state bureaucratic organizations aided the state building effort in Republican China between 1927 and 1940. It suggests that in hostile environments profoundly non-congenial to state building efforts, it is the state organizations that stand the best chance of becoming well institutionalized. This book details the administrative histories and institution-building strategies of three organizations in Republican China dealing with the national civil service, taxation, and foreign affairs.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198233426
• ISBN13: 9780198233428
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"