Ming Xia is Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York, USA.

• 1. Theme, Theory, and the Network Approach 2. The Institutionalization of the Provincial People’s Congresses 3. Institutional Linkages of the Provincial People’s Congresses 4. Elections and Circulation of Political Élite 5. Legislative Process and Consensual Politics of Local Legislation 6. State Failure, Market Failure, and Developmental Provincial People’s Congresses 7. Political Contestation and the PPC as Power Player 8. Legislatures and China's Democracy. Appendices 1. List of Interviewees 2. Electronic Resources for the People’s Congresses. Works Cited 1. English 2. Chinese 3. Other Sources

Ming Xia is Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York, USA.

• 1. Theme, Theory, and the Network Approach 2. The Institutionalization of the Provincial People’s Congresses 3. Institutional Linkages of the Provincial People’s Congresses 4. Elections and Circulation of Political Élite 5. Legislative Process and Consensual Politics of Local Legislation 6. State Failure, Market Failure, and Developmental Provincial People’s Congresses 7. Political Contestation and the PPC as Power Player 8. Legislatures and China's Democracy. Appendices 1. List of Interviewees 2. Electronic Resources for the People’s Congresses. Works Cited 1. English 2. Chinese 3. Other Sources

Ming Xia is Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York, USA.

• 1. Theme, Theory, and the Network Approach 2. The Institutionalization of the Provincial People’s Congresses 3. Institutional Linkages of the Provincial People’s Congresses 4. Elections and Circulation of Political Élite 5. Legislative Process and Consensual Politics of Local Legislation 6. State Failure, Market Failure, and Developmental Provincial People’s Congresses 7. Political Contestation and the PPC as Power Player 8. Legislatures and China's Democracy. Appendices 1. List of Interviewees 2. Electronic Resources for the People’s Congresses. Works Cited 1. English 2. Chinese 3. Other Sources