Roots of the State [[electronic resource] ] : Neighborhood Organization and Social Networks in Beijing and Taipei

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461723703321
• Autore: Read Benjamin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0-8047-8203-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific
• Disciplina: 320.8/5; 320.85
• Soggetti: Beijing (China) - Politics and government; Beijing (China) -- Politics and government; Citizens' associations - China - Beijing; Citizens' associations - Taiwan - Taipei; Citizens' associations -- China -- Beijing; Citizens' associations -- Taiwan -- Taipei; Neighborhood government - China - Beijing; Neighborhood government -- China -- Beijing; Neighborhood government - Taiwan - Taipei; Neighborhood government -- Taiwan -- Taipei; Social networks - China - Beijing; Social networks -- China -- Beijing; Social networks - Taiwan - Taipei; Social networks -- Taiwan -- Taipei; Taipei (Taiwan) - Politics and government; Taipei (Taiwan) -- Politics and government; Neighborhood government - Beijing - China; Neighborhood government - Taipei - Taiwan; Citizens' associations - Taipei - Taiwan; Social networks - Beijing - China; Social networks - Taipei - Taiwan; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Names, Terms, and Romanization; 1. Introduction: Administration at the Grass Roots in East and Southeast Asia; 2. The Little Platoon: Structuring the Neighborhood; 3. Elections, Bogus and Bona Fide; 4. Power Relations at the Alley Level; 5. Perceptions and Interaction; 6. Thick Networks and State-Mobilized Volunteers; 7. Thin Networks and the Appeals of Organic Statism; 8. The Landscape of Grassroots Administration: Comparative Cases; 9. Conclusion; Appendix 1: Research Methods; Appendix 2: Beyond the Two Capitals; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Most social science studies of local organizations tend to focus on "civil society" associations, voluntary associations independent from state control, whereas government-sponsored organizations tend to be theorized in totalitarian terms as "mass organizations" or manifestations of state corporatism. Roots of the State examines neighborhood associations in Beijing and Taipei that occupy a unique space that exists between these concepts.Benjamin L. Read views the work of the neighborhood associations he studies as a form of "administrative grassroots engagement."