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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jie GaoPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.644kg ISBN: 9781138182448ISBN 10: 1138182443 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 01 April 2022 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Blood-Soaked GDP? 3. China’s Work Safety Management System 4. A Pony Too Small for the Big Cart 5. The Fatality Quota System 6. Why the Fatality Quotas? 7. Has Work Safety Improved? 8. ConclusionReviewsIn this important book, Jie Gao presents a masterful analysis of how the Chinese state has used the target management system to greatly improve its country's work safety record, by instituting quotas of fatalities that local officials are not allowed to exceed. She convincingly examines both the successes and the limitations of the target-oriented mode of governance, reaching broader conclusions beyond this particular case. In doing so, the book makes major contributions to the literature on China's state capacity and authoritarian resilience. Her work will therefore be a must-read for political scientists and those interested in public administration, as well as for scholars of work safety. ---Tim Wright, Emeritus Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Sheffield Gao's study is a useful contribution to understanding the practice of public administration in China and, more generally, the party-state's response to governance challenges. She concludes with reflections on how the case of work safety pertains to current debates about the resilience of China's political arrangements. But the study also contributes to our broader understanding ofthe significance of the Chinese case for the comparative study of worker safety and risk management. ---Richard P. Suttmeier, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA in The China Quarterly (2023), 1-2 doi:10.1017/S0305741023000140 In this important book, Jie Gao presents a masterful analysis of how the Chinese state has used the target management system to greatly improve its country's work safety record, by instituting quotas of fatalities that local officials are not allowed to exceed. She convincingly examines both the successes and the limitations of the target-oriented mode of governance, reaching broader conclusions beyond this particular case. In doing so, the book makes major contributions to the literature on China's state capacity and authoritarian resilience. Her work will therefore be a must-read for political scientists and those interested in public administration, as well as for scholars of work safety. ---Tim Wright, Emeritus Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Sheffield Author InformationJie Gao is an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore. Her research focuses on China’s political and administrative reforms, particularly in the areas of performance management, work safety regulation and cadre management. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |