Strong Institutions in Weak Polities: State Building in Republican China, 1927-1940

Introduction 1. From Presiding to Centralizing State: The Late Imperial Legacy and Institution-Building Dilemmmas 2. The Civil Service and State Building: The Examination Yuan in the 1930s 3. Overcoming Institution-Building Dilemmas: The Sino-Foreign Salt Inspectorate 4. The Salt Inspectorate in the Nationalist State: Tensions between Politics and Administration 5. The Ministry of Finance and its Institution-Building Strategies 6. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Institution Building in a Generalist Organization 7. Conclusion Appendix A. A Note on Sources Appendix B. Biographical List of Sources Appendix C. Chinese Terms and Names Used in the Text Notes Bibliography Index