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Mao’s Invisible Hand: The Political Foundations of Adaptive Governance in China

Edited by Sebastian Heilmann, Edited by Elizabeth J. Perry, Contributions by Jae Ho Chung, Contributions by Nara Dillon, Contributions by Joseph Fewsmith, Contributions by Benjamin L. Liebman, Contributions by Patricia M. Thornton, Contributions by Shaoguang Wang, Contributions by Yuezhi Zhao

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Observers have been predicting the demise of Chinaâ€™s political system since Mao Zedongâ€™s death over thirty years ago. The Chinese Communist state, however, seems to have become increasingly adept at responding to challenges ranging from leadership succession and popular unrest to administrative reorganization, legal institutionalization, and global economic integration. What political techniques and procedures have Chinese policymakers employed to manage the unsettling impact of the fastest sustained economic expansion in world history? As the authors of these essays demonstrate, Chinaâ€™s political system allows for more diverse and flexible input than would be predicted from its formal structures. Many contemporary methods of governance have their roots in techniques of policy generation and implementation dating to the revolution and early PRCâ€”techniques that emphasize continual experimentation. Chinaâ€™s long revolution had given rise to this guerrilla-style decisionmaking as a way of dealing creatively with pervasive uncertainty. Thus, even in a post-revolutionary PRC, the invisible hand of Chairman Maoâ€”tamed, tweaked, and transformedâ€”plays an important role in Chinaâ€™s adaptive governance.