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Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard Contemporary China SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (415 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674042056
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary ChinaDDC classification:
  • 320.951
LOC classification:
  • JQ1516
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Historical Reflections on Grassroots Political Reform in China -- 2. Village Elections, Transparency,and Anticorruption: Henan and Guangdong Provinces -- 3. The Implementation of Village Elections and Tax-for-Fee Reform in Rural Northwest China -- 4. Fiscal Crisis in China's Townships: Causes and Consequences -- 5. Direct Township Elections -- 6. The Struggle for Village Public Goods Provision: Informal Institutions of Accountability in Rural China -- 7. Inadvertent Political Reform via Private Associations: Assessing Homeowners' Groups in New Neighborhoods -- 8. Civil Resistance and Rule of Law in China:The Defense of Homeowners' Rights -- 9. "Hope for Protection and Hopeless Choices": Labor Legal Aid in the PRC -- 10. Is Labor a Political Force in China? -- 11. Between Defiance and Obedience: Protest Opportunism in China -- 12. In Search of the Grassroots: Hydroelectric Politics in Northwest Yunnan -- 13. Public Opinion Supervision: Possibilities and Limits of the Media in Constraining Local Officials -- Notes -- Contributors.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Historical Reflections on Grassroots Political Reform in China -- 2. Village Elections, Transparency,and Anticorruption: Henan and Guangdong Provinces -- 3. The Implementation of Village Elections and Tax-for-Fee Reform in Rural Northwest China -- 4. Fiscal Crisis in China's Townships: Causes and Consequences -- 5. Direct Township Elections -- 6. The Struggle for Village Public Goods Provision: Informal Institutions of Accountability in Rural China -- 7. Inadvertent Political Reform via Private Associations: Assessing Homeowners' Groups in New Neighborhoods -- 8. Civil Resistance and Rule of Law in China:The Defense of Homeowners' Rights -- 9. "Hope for Protection and Hopeless Choices": Labor Legal Aid in the PRC -- 10. Is Labor a Political Force in China? -- 11. Between Defiance and Obedience: Protest Opportunism in China -- 12. In Search of the Grassroots: Hydroelectric Politics in Northwest Yunnan -- 13. Public Opinion Supervision: Possibilities and Limits of the Media in Constraining Local Officials -- Notes -- Contributors.

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.

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