TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nelson,Daniel N.
TI  - Local politics in communist countries /edited by Daniel N. Nelson
SN  - 9780813156422
AV  - JC474 .L633 1980
PY  - 1980///
CY  - Lexington, Ky.
PB  - University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Communist state
KW  - Local government
KW  - Communist countries
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Tables; Preface; Introduction Local Communist Politics: An Overview; PART I Participants in Subnational Communist Politics ; 1. Local Leadership Integration in the Soviet Union; INTERNAL INTEGRATION IN THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC; Total Years on Obkom Bureaus; Bureau Turnover and Change; Ages of Bureau Members; Tenure and Age of Comparable Bureau Officials; Ages of Middle Elite and Functional Specialists; CONCLUSION; NOTES; 2. Evaluating Citizen Performance at the Community Level: The Role of Party Affiliation in Yugoslavia; ALL CITIZENS; Civic AwarenessPerception of Efficacy; Participation; Evaluation of Government; LEAGUE MEMBERS, ALLIANCE MEMBERS, AND OTHER CITIZENS; LEADERSHIP INDICATORS IN THE LEAGUE; OUTSTANDING LEAGUE MEMBERS COMPARED TO OTHER MEMBERS; LEAGUE MEMBERS COMPARED TO OTHER CITIZENS; CONCLUSION: BEHAVIOR, ATTITUDES, AND AFFILIATION; NOTES; 3. Citizen Participation in Romania: The People's Council Deputy; BECOMING A DEPUTY; THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND OF DEPUTIES; CONCLUSION; NOTES; 4. Political Participation in the USSR: The Public Inspector; PUBLIC INSPECTORS; INSPECTOR-ADMINISTRATOR; SAFEGUARD OF CITIZEN INTERESTSTHE INSPECTOR'S INFLUENCE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; PART II The Role of Subnational Institutions in the Making and Implementation of Policy; 5. Commune Policies and Socioeconomic Parameters in Yugoslavia; THE YUGOSLAV SETTING; DATA AND METHODS; DEVELOPMENTAL CONTEXT; COMMUNE INITIATIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUMMARY; NOTES; 6. Polish Local Politics in Flux: Concentration or Deconcentration; POLITICS OF THE REFORMS; THE ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS; THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; EVALUATION OF THE NEW SYSTEM; NOTES; 7. Decentralization and Control in Chinese Local Administration; THE PREFECTORAL ROLEDECENTRALIZATION AND LOCAL AUTONOMY; THE PREFECTORAL ROLE IN PRACTICE; CAUSES AND REMEDIES; LOCAL REFORMS: 1965 AND 1972; THE SUCCESS OF THE REFORMS; NOTES; Conclusion Participatory and Policymaking Dilemmas in Local Communist Politics; PARTICIPATION AND ITS LIMITS; POLICYMAKING AND ITS CONSTRAINTS; SUMMARY; NOTES; Index; 2; b
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