TY - BOOK AU - Jianrong, Huang TI - The applicability of policy-making theories in post-Mao China SN - 1840148837 U1 - 320.60951 PY - 1999/// CY - Aldershot PB - Ashgate KW - Politics and government KW - China KW - Economic policy KW - Free ports and zones N1 - The significance of applying policy-making theories -- China's policy-making in the last two decades is well worthy of study -- The possible problems to conduct this study -- The key issues and study method -- Formulating the Theoretical Framework -- A survey of the state theories relating to how policy is made -- Policy and policy-making -- The diverse state theories about how policy is made -- Pluralism and neo-pluralism -- Elite theory -- Marxist theories -- Globalisation theory -- Institutionalist theory -- The applicability of the above theories to China's practice -- The fundamental structure and the principal features of the state's power in contemporary China -- The applicability of the theories to China's practice -- A review of the models about how China's policy is made -- The background and context -- The development of diverse models -- The theoretical basis of the Chinese policy-making models -- Reviewing the models -- The pluralism-basis models -- The elitism-basis models -- The institutionalism-basis and institutions-related models -- The diverse theories about how policy should be made -- Examining the theories -- Rationalism -- Incrementalism -- 'Mixed scanning' approach -- Optimal method -- Contingent approach -- Garbage can theory -- The applicability of the selected theories to China's practice -- About rational theory -- About incrementalist model -- About mixed scanning model -- About optimal approach -- The Policy-Making Process of the Sez Course -- A general review of China's SEZ course ER -