Abstract:

With great difficulty, development and security are accommodated simultaneously by a single institutional logic. China’s history of balancing these paradoxical goals is not only the result of the temporary correction of institutions, policies, or organizational incentives but also the phased remodeling of the system. The “holistic governance with hegemony for totality” explains the basic system and historical experience of China through the coordination of development and security. Holistic governance is not the total control and top-down allocation of scarce resources and rules. It is a multi-level mechanism that is capable of mobilizing resources and building a united front based on common goals. As development and security issues pervade the world, this coordinating logic will also have universal significance around the world.

Key words: paradox of governance, logic of coordinating, hegemony for totality, holistic governance