Tamed Village “Democracy” Elections, Governance and Clientelism in a Contemporary Chinese Village /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Wang, Guohui (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Understanding China,
• Θέματα: Political science.; Sociology.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Science.; Sociology, general.

Wang's book offers an empirically rich and conceptually nuanced analysis of how local state agents maintain control over village self-governance in China. His careful analysis of primary documents enables him to explicate the formal mechanisms used by members of the local state to influence vil...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• The Social and System Background of Villagers’ Self-Governance
• Villagers as Clients and “Locked-in” Voters
• Candidates, Patrons and Factions
• The Role of Local State Officials in Village Elections
• Village Self-Governance: a “Democratic” Style?
• The Local State’s Sustained Control of Village Governance
• Conclusion.