Cover -- Governance Innovation and Policy Change -- Governance Innovation and Policy Change: Recalibrations of Chinese Politics under Xi Jinping -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Theoretical Reflections: Policy Change and Institutional Reforms -- Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Top-Down Reforms under Xi Jinping -- Political Narratives and Political Communication -- Outline of the Book -- Notes -- References -- Reflecting on the Field of Chinese Political Studies -- Chapter 1 -- Political Science and Chinese Political Studies -- Major Issues in the Debate -- Where Is Chinese Political Science Headed? -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Dehegemonizing the Discipline -- Western and American Hegemonic Political Science -- Dehegemonizing Western and American Political Science -- Dehegemonizing the Discipline via Chinese Political Science -- Conclusion: Incorporating Chinese Political Science into the Global Discipline -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Decrypting Chinese Politics -- Discourse Analysis in China Studies: Major Approaches and the State of the Field -- The Application of QCA to China's Studies: State of the Field -- Merging QCA and Discourse Analysis in China Studies -- Notes -- References -- Values, Norms, and Political Culture in Contemporary China -- Chapter 4 -- Economic Modernization and Political Attitudes in Contemporary China -- Economic Development and Attitude Change -- Cultural Modernization Theory -- Data and Analysis -- Economic Inequality -- Postmaterial Attitudes -- Support for Political Change -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 -- Sino-Western Cognitive Differences and Western Liberal Biases in Chinese Political Studies -- A Century of Debate on Sinicization -- Sino-Western Cognitive Differences: Scientific Evidence -- Sino-Western Cognitive Differences: Historical and Cultural Roots.

Western Liberal Biases in Chinese Political Studies -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 6 -- Top-level Design, Reform Pressures, and Local Adaptations -- Theories on Local Initiative in China's Reform Process -- Adjustment of the Reform Strategy: The Shift from "Crossing the river by Feeling the Stones" to "Top-level Design" -- Top-level Design: Centralized Decision-Making and Effective Implementation -- Unifying Thinking and Maintaining Ideological Consistency -- Strengthening the Sense of Responsibility among Officials at All Levels -- Enforcing Implementation -- Regulating Pilot Reforms -- Local Adaptations and Central Responses -- To Rebalance Institutionalization and Autonomy -- References -- Local Governance Reform and Rule of Law -- Chapter 7 -- The Acrobatic Justice on the Marching Order -- Why the Advocacy for Judicial Reforms? -- Chinese Characteristics of the Judicial System -- China's Judicial Reforms in the Past -- The Fourth Judicial Reform, 2014-2018 -- Conclusions and Implications -- Note -- References -- Chapter 8 -- Carrots, Sticks, or Alternatives? -- Institutional Background and Choice of Environmental Policy Instruments -- Research Methods and Data Collection -- Empirical Results -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9 -- Reinventing the Chinese "Leviathan" -- In Memoriam of the 1982 Constitution -- The 2013 Debate -- Academic Debates under the Fourth Generation (2002-2012) -- Constitutional Modes of Governance in Theory and Practice -- Confucian Constitutionalism Meets Legalist Statism -- Conclusion and Outlook -- Notes -- References -- Conclusion -- Subject Index -- Name Index -- About the Contributors.

This edited volume undertakes a critical, theory-guided evaluation of reform policies and institutional change under Xi Jinping. Based on the empirical observations and findings, it proposes a fine-tuning of research frames to assess the multidimensional dynamics of governance recalibrations and the interplay between ideas and policy innovation.

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