The War on Corruption in China: Local Reform and Innovation

China's anti-corruption agenda is now at a turning point, with the book arguing for the importance of bottom-up efforts in controlling corruption. It analyzes local anti-corruption innovations in recent years and includes more than 400 cases of local innovative anti-corruption reforms.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 130 pages
Publication date: 30 December 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

China has been waging an intensified war against corruption for over four decades since the period of reform and opening up. Many believe that building government integrity has been a top-down process in China, and the anti-corruption strategies taken by the current administration seem to have confirmed this. This book challenges the view by analyzing local anti-corruption innovations in recent years and arguing for the importance of bottom-up efforts in controlling corruption.

The book attempts to answer the question of whether the rise of local anti-corruption innovations has helped China to pursue anti-corruption reform more effectively and, if so, why. It proceeds to analyze the major patterns of local anti-corruption innovations, the ways in which they have been initiated and implemented, and the factors influencing their success or failure. The book includes more than 400 cases of local innovative anti-corruption reforms in China in recent years.

This book will be a useful reference for those interested in learning more about anti-corruption studies and also contributes to the study of corruption and anti-corruption reform in China by providing solid and fresh evidence of anti-corruption innovation by local governments.

Weight: 263g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367630898