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Autore |
Hillman Ben |
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Titolo |
Power and patronage : local state networks and party-state resilience in rural China / / Ben Hillman |
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Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Local government - China, Southwest |
Villages - China, Southwest |
Social networks - China, Southwest |
Patronage, Political - China, Southwest |
China, Southwest Politics and government |
China, Southwest Rural conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Studying the Local State in China; 1. Village Politics and Social Organization; 2. The Dynamics of Village-Township Relations; 3. Political Competition in Two Townships: Elections, Violence, and Rural Social Networks; 4. The Power Center of the Local State: The County and Prefectural Governments; 5. Political Competition over State-Funded Programs; 6. Political Competition over Local Resources; Conclusion: Patterns of Local Politics in Rural China; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Power and Patronage examines the unwritten rules and inner workings of contemporary China's local politics and government. It exposes how these rules have helped to keep the one-Party state together during decades of tumultuous political, social, and economic change.While many observers of Chinese politics have recognized the importance of informal institutions, this book explains how informal local groups actually operate, paying special attention to the role of patronage networks in political decision-making, political competition, and official corruption. While patronage |
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