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Original Articles

Researching state rescaling in China: methodological reflections

Pages 170-184 | Received 04 Apr 2017, Accepted 15 Sep 2017, Published online: 23 Oct 2017
 

ABSTRACT

This paper foregrounds and evaluates the research design associated with the study of Chinese state rescaling. It first synthesizes the existing gaps in the original, Western-based state rescaling framework. It then explores how different methodological channels are integrated to support a revised analytical framework. Specifically, it presents the value of multi-sited comparisons through (1) the ‘extended case method’ and (2) the ‘concurrent nested strategy’. In so doing, the paper offers a systematic assessment of the methodological contributions and constraints in ascertaining and explaining how regulatory reconfigurations unfold across space and time in China.

摘要

中国国家尺度调整研究:关于方法论的思考. Area Development and Policy. 本文重点关注并评价了中国国家尺度调整研究的相关研究设计。本文首先综述了最初以西方为主的国家尺度调整框架中存在的不足,随后探讨如何融入不同方法途径来形成一个优化的分析框架,特别阐述了通过(1)‘扩展个案法’和(2)‘并行嵌套策略’的作用而形成的多点比较对于数据收集的价值。本文以此对确定和解释中国监管重构如何在空间和时间上进行提供了系统的方法评估。

RESUMEN

Análisis del reajuste estatal en China: reflexiones metodológicas. Area Development and Policy. En este artículo se examina y evalúa el diseño de investigación asociado al estudio del reajuste estatal en China. Primero, se sintetizan las lagunas existentes en el marco original del reajuste estatal basado en el modelo occidental. Luego se explora cómo se integran los diferentes canales metodológicos para apoyar un marco analítico revisado. En concreto, se presenta el valor de las comparaciones en varios lugares a través de (1) el ‘método ampliado de casos’ y (2) el papel de la ‘estrategia simultánea anidada’ para la recogida de datos. De este modo, en este artículo se ofrece una valoración sistemática de las contribuciones y limitaciones metodológicas a la hora de determinar y explicar cómo se desarrollan las reconfiguraciones regulatorias en el espacio y el tiempo en China.

Аннотация

Исследование пересмотра роли государства в Китае: размышления о методологии. Area Development and Policy. эта статья призвана оценить подходы к исследованиям, связанным с изучением пересмотра роли государства в Китае. В ней синтезированы существующие пробелы в исходной, западной схеме пересмотра роли государства. Затем рассматривается, как различные методологические подходы могут быть интегрированы в пересмотренную аналитическую схему. В частности, представлена возможная роль сравнительного анализа в рамках (1) ‘расширенного кейс-метода’ и (2) ‘параллельной вложенной стратегии сбора данных’. При этом в статье предлагается систематическая оценка методов и ограничений, относящихся к установлению и разъяснению того, как в Китае происходят изменения в регулировании в зависимости от времени и территории.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This paper benefited significantly from the comments and suggestions made by the editors and four anonymous reviewers. The author thanks Trevor Barnes and Jamie Peck for supervising this project as part of his doctoral dissertation at the University of British Columbia. While the process of fieldwork was dynamic, the care and encouragement from the author’s wife, Stephanie Lim, remained a constant guiding light, for which he is always grateful.

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

Notes

1. From the author’s review of published Mao sources in Mandarin, this note was not selected as part of the CPC’s voluminous collections of Mao’s speeches. Drawing from Shi’s (Citation1998) research into former Premier Zhou Enlai’s interactions with Mao, it could be the first time this perspective on language has been translated into English.

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