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Central government agencies in China: toward a research agenda

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Central government agencies play key roles in making and implementing public policies in China, but the empirical studies on these organisations are disproportionally scarce. Scholars in political science and public administration predominantly focus their researches on local governments at various levels, while paying little, if any, attention to the central counterparts. This article discusses the phenomenon of strong local but weak central government research pattern (the so called ‘central–local research divide’), and identifies the driving forces behind this research gap. It also introduces the lessons and implications from the US and European research projects for developing, replicating, and extending central agency databases. The research further elaborates the existing variables and data sources on central agencies and develops the China Central Agency Database (CCAD) to advance the quantitative research of central agencies in China. Finally, a conclusion is drawn with a research agenda to encourage researchers to coproduce the CCAD and embrace the study of central agencies.

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  • Liang Ma, 2017. "Central government agencies in China: toward a research agenda," Economic and Political Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(2), pages 195-214, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:repsxx:v:5:y:2017:i:2:p:195-214
    DOI: 10.1080/20954816.2017.1310793
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