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CASE STUDY: PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

CASE STUDY: PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

The focus country of this case study is the People's Republic of China, also referred to in this case study simply as China. The presentation of the case study findings include both a political assessment and an economic assessment.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) is the only legal political party of any consequence in the country. Some small independent political parties exist to lend credence to a claim of democracy for the country (Douglas, 2001). Effectively, China has a one-party political system. Therefore, there is no competition among political parties in the People's Republic of China.

The Communist Party of China controls the governmental bureaucracy in the nation. In is through the governmental bureaucracy that primary interactions between the citizenry and the CPC occur (Zhou, 2001). A bureaucracy is an entity characterized by continuous official functions. Bounded by prescribed rules, the performance of these functions tends to occur in predictable and routine ways. Bureaucracy functions according to this dictum in China. While bureaucratic actions are predictable in China, the functioning of bureaucracy tends to be lethargic and inefficient, thereby causing interaction between the citizenry and Party difficult (Ruskola, 2000).

A clear division of labor exists within a bureaucracy, wherein that basis for the distribution of duties is the relative competence of the members of the organization. The delegation of authority in a bureaucracy is commensurate with the duties assigned to individual members of the organization. The interpretation and definition of competence all too frequently in bureaucratic organizations equates with hierarchical appointment. Thus, in China the division of labor only partially reflects the competency of individual members of bureaucratic organizations, while to a much greater degree it reflects the stranglehold on political power o...

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