China 1949–2019

Paolo Urio is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Geneva, where he has been full professor of public administration and public management until 2005. He has been director of the Department of political science (1983-1989, and 2004-2005), Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (1989-1995) and director of the Master in public Management (1992-2005). His main domains of research are strategic public management, policy analysis, decision-making process, New Public Management, and the reform process in China and China’s foreign policy. He has directed the Sino-Swiss Management Training Programme in the Public Sector of China (1997-2003) that trained more than 400 senior Chinese civil servants and party cadres. He visits regularly China since 1997, has several cooperation research activities with Chinese Universities and gives conferences to Chinese Universities and Party schools.

• Chapter 1 Understanding China’s strategic public management.- Chapter 2The New Public Management comes to China.- Chapter 3Putting people first: the implementation of rebalancing policies.- Chapter 4The modernization of the political system.- Chapter 5China: the new super power.- Conclusion China and the West: is a strategic partnership possible?.