TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goldman,Merle
AU  - Perry,Elizabeth J
TI  - Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China
T2  - Harvard Contemporary China Series
SN  - 9780674024861
AV  - JQ1516 .G73 2007eb
U1  - 320.951 22
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Local government
KW  - China
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Protest movements
KW  - Reform
KW  - gnd
KW  - Politisches System
KW  - HISTORY / Asia / China
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
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