Accountability without democracy : solidary groups and public goods provision in rural China /

How citizens get government officials to provide them with public services in rural China.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tsai, Lily L., 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, ©2007.
Series:Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Governance and informal institutions of accountability
  • Decentralization and local governmental performance
  • Local governmental performance : assessing village public goods provision
  • Informal accountability and the structure of solidary groups
  • Temples and churches in rural China
  • Lineages and local governance
  • Accountability and village democratic reforms
  • The limitations of formal party and bureaucratic institutions.