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Flood Control Policy in China: The Policy Consequences of Natural Disasters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Lester Ross
Lester Ross
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Department of Political Science and Water Resources Research Council, Purdue University
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Abstract

This study of flood control policy before and after the Chinese floods of 1980–2 reveals the interactive effects of bureaucratic politics, the goals and careers of national leaders, and natural disasters in a communist regime. Policy is shown to be more reactive and influenced by longstanding bureaucratic rivalries than most previous research has found.

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Journal of Public Policy , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , May 1983 , pp. 209 - 231
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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