| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 402 pages) |
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Harvard contemporary China series ; 14 |
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Harvard contemporary China series ; 14.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Historical reflections on grassroots political reform in China / Elizabeth J. Perry and Merle Goldman -- Village elections, transparency, and anticorruption : Henan and Guangdong provinces / Richard Levy -- The implementation of village elections and tax-for-fee reform in rural northwest China / John James Kennedy -- Fiscal crisis in China's townships : causes and consequences / Jean C. Oi and Zhao Shukai -- Direct township elections / Lianjiang Li -- The struggle for village public goods provision : informal institutions of accountability in rural China / Lily L. Tsai -- Inadvertent political reform via private associations : assessing homeowners' groups in new neighborhoods / Benjamin L. Read -- Civil resistance and rule of law in China : the defense of homeowners' rights / Yongshun Cai -- "Hope for protection and hopeless choices" : labor legal aid in the PRC / Mary E. Gallagher -- Is labor a political force in China? / Ching Kwan Lee -- Between defiance and obedience : protest opportunism in China / Xi Chen -- In search of the grassroots : hydroelectric politics in northwest Yunnan / Ralph Litzinger -- Public opinion supervision : possibilities and limits of the media in constraining local officials / Yuezhi Zhao and Sun Wusan |
| Summary |
Observers often note the glaring contrast between China's economic progress and its stalled political reforms. This volume, written by experienced scholars, explores a range of grassroots efforts--initiated by the state and society alike--to restrain corrupt behavior and enhance the accountability of local authorities. While the authors offer varying views on the larger significance of these developments, their case studies point to a more dynamic Chinese political system than is often acknowledged |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-397) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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Political participation -- China
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Local government -- China
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Protest movements -- China.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism.
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Local government
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Political participation
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Politics and government
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Protest movements
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Direktwahl
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Politische Beteiligung
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Reformpolitik
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Demokratisierung
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89.40 internal relations of the state: general.
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Political reforms.
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Democratization.
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Country.
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Local governments.
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Political participation -- China
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Local government -- China
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Protest movements -- China
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Politics and government -- 1949- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024174
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China
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China
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China.
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China -- Politics and government -- 1949-
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Perry, Elizabeth J., editor
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Goldman, Merle, editor
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| LC no. |
2007002992 |
| ISBN |
9780674042056 |
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0674042050 |
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