Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China /

Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China / / Merle Goldman, Elizabeth J Perry.

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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 accountabil...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Goldman, Merle,
Perry, Elizabeth J,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2007
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Harvard Contemporary China Series ; 14
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments / Perry, Elizabeth J. / Goldman, Merle
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction: Historical Reflections on Grassroots Political Reform in China / Perry, Elizabeth J. / Goldman, Merle
  • 2 Village Elections, Transparency, and Anticorruption: Henan and Guangdong Provinces / Levy, Richard
  • 3 The Implementation of Village Elections and Tax-for-Fee Reform in Rural Northwest China / Kennedy, John James
  • 4 Fiscal Crisis in China's Townships: Causes and Consequences / Oi, Jean C. / Shukai, Zhao
  • 5 Direct Township Elections / Li, Lianjiang
  • 6 The Struggle for Village Public Goods Provision: Informal Institutions of Accountability in Rural China / Tsai, Lily L.
  • 7 Inadvertent Political Reform via Private Associations: Assessing Homeowners' Groups in New Neighborhoods / Read, Benjamin L.
  • 8 Civil Resistance and Rule of Law in China: The Defense of Homeowners' Rights / Cai, Yongshun
  • 9 "Hope for Protection and Hopeless Choices": Labor Legal Aid in the PRC / Gallagher, Mary E.
  • 10 Is Labor a Political Force in China? / Lee, Ching Kwan
  • 11 Between Defiance and Obedience: Protest Opportunism in China / Chen, Xi
  • 12 In Search of the Grassroots: Hydroelectric Politics in Northwest Yunnan / Litzinger, Ralph
  • 13 Public Opinion Supervision: Possibilities and Limits of the Media in Constraining Local Officials / Zhao, Yuezhi / Wusan, Sun
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • Harvard Contemporary China Series

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