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Perverse Incentive Structure and Policy Implementation Gap in China's Local Environmental Politics

Ran Ran Department of Political Science, School of International Studies, Renmin University of China, Haidian District, Beijing, 100872, People's Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 17-39 | Published online: 15 Feb 2013

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