Grassroots political reform in contemporary China /
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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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Harvard contemporary China series ;
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Table of 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.