Tamed Village “Democracy” Elections, Governance and Clientelism in a Contemporary Chinese Village
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
| Series: | Understanding China
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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