| Description |
vi, 402 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Harvard contemporary China series ; 14 |
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Harvard contemporary China series ; 14
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| Contents |
1. Introduction : historical reflections on grassroots political reform in China / Elizabeth J. Perry and Merle Goldman -- 2. Village elections, transparency, and anticorruption : Henan and Guangdong provinces / Richard Levy -- 3. The implementation of village elections and tax-for-fee reform in rural northwest China / John James Kennedy -- 4. Fiscal crisis in China's townships : causes and consequences / Jean C. Oi and Zhao Shukai -- 5. Direct township elections / Lianjiang Li -- 6. The struggle for village public goods provision : informal institutions of accountability in rural China / Lily L. Tsai -- 7. Inadvertent political reform via private associations : assessing homeowners' groups in new neighborhoods / Benjamin L. Read -- 8. Civil resistance and rule of law in China : the defense of homeowners' rights / Yongshun Cai -- 9. "Hope for protection and hopeless choices" : labor legal aid in the PRC / Mary E. Gallagher -- 10. Is labor a political force in China? / Ching Kwan Lee -- 11. Between defiance and obedience : protest opportunism in China / Xi Chen -- 12. In search of the grassroots : hydroelectric politics in northwest Yunnan / Ralph Litzinger -- 13. Public opinion supervision : possibilities and limits of the media in constraining local officials / Yuezhi Zhao and Sun Wusan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-397) |
| Subject |
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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| Author |
Perry, Elizabeth J.
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Goldman, Merle.
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| LC no. |
2007002992 |
| ISBN |
9780674024854 cloth alkaline paper |
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0674024850 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780674024861 paperback alkaline paper |
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0674024869 paperback alkaline paper |
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