Grassroots political reform in contemporary China

Grassroots political reform in contemporary China [electronic resource] / edited by Elizabeth J. Perry and Merle Goldman. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007. - vi, 402 p. - Harvard contemporary China series ; 14 . - Harvard contemporary China series ; 14. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-397).

Introduction: Historical reflections on grassroots political reform in China / Village elections, transparency, and anticorruption : Henan and Guangdong provinces / The implementation of village elections and tax-for-fee reform in rural northwest China / Fiscal crisis in China's townships : causes and consequences / Direct township elections / The struggle for village public goods provision : informal institutions of accountability in rural China / Inadvertent political reform via private associations : assessing homeowners' groups in new neighborhoods / Civil resistance and rule of law in China : the defense of homeowners' rights / "Hope for protection and hopeless choices" : labor legal aid in the PRC / Is labor a political force in China? / Between defiance and obedience : protest opportunism in China / In search of the grassroots : hydroelectric politics in northwest Yunnan / Public opinion supervision : possibilities and limits of the media in constraining local officials / Elizabeth J. Perry and Merle Goldman -- Richard Levy -- John James Kennedy -- Jean C. Oi and Zhao Shukai -- Lianjiang Li -- Lily L. Tsai -- Benjamin L. Read -- Yongshun Cai -- Mary E. Gallagher -- Ching Kwan Lee -- Xi Chen -- Ralph Litzinger -- Yuezhi Zhao and Sun Wusan.


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Protest movements--China.


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