Decentralisation, Globalisation and China's Partial Re-engagement with the Global Economy
Decentralisation, Globalisation and China's Partial Re-engagement with the Global Economy
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DOI：
10.1080/713687771
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发表时间：
2000-07
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
S. Breslin
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作者：
S. Breslin
对区域经济一体化进程的研究有建立在基于国家的范式和分析层次上的趋势。即使是那些摆脱国家主导的区域主义政府间进程、而是强调非国家主导的区域化的方法，也常常关注两个或多个国家经济之间的一体化。但在许多情况下，真正的一体化是在国家规模以下进行的。这反映在地方政治行政机构之间越来越多的正式协议上，也反映在许多国家国际经济关系的地理分布不均匀上。这种部分或微观区域1经济一体化的概念对于理解中国重新融入全球经济的进程和影响尤为重要。事实上，基于国家的区域一体化观点在中国背景下几乎不适用。本文评估了涉及中华民国（PRC）次国家领土的微区域一体化的两个案例研究——南部广东省和香港边界日益增长的经济一体化，以及中国东北部的东北亚微区域（NEA）的发展。使用更广泛的理论概念和方法不仅有助于我们理解具体案例研究的政治经济学，而且还使我们能够检验这些概念和方法本身的有效性。因此本文有两个主要目的。在国内层面，它旨在评估微区域一体化对中国国内经济治理的重要性和影响。权力下放和全球化的双重进程正在重新调整决策和权威的所在地，同时又加强和削弱政治行政领域与经济活动的相关性。这种明显矛盾的说法是通过区分地方和国家政治行政边界来解释的。一方面，权力下放巩固了省界作为经济活动决定因素的重要性。另一方面，中国从相对孤立主义的转变增加了
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