03772nam 2200637 a 450 991082022810332120230721022350.00-674-04205-010.4159/9780674042056(CKB)1000000000786946(EBL)3300478(OCoLC)923111956(DE-B1597)457731(OCoLC)1037976078(OCoLC)1043608767(OCoLC)979746342(DE-B1597)9780674042056(Au-PeEL)EBL3300478(CaPaEBR)ebr10318472(MiAaPQ)EBC3300478(EXLCZ)99100000000078694620070124d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGrassroots political reform in contemporary China /edited by Elizabeth J. Perry and Merle GoldmanCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20071 online resource (416 p.)Harvard contemporary China series ;14Description based upon print version of record.0-674-02485-0 0-674-02486-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-397).Introduction: Historical reflections on grassroots political reform in China /Elizabeth J. Perry and Merle Goldman --Village elections, transparency, and anticorruption : Henan and Guangdong provinces /Richard Levy --The implementation of village elections and tax-for-fee reform in rural northwest China /John James Kennedy --Fiscal crisis in China's townships : causes and consequences /Jean C. Oi and Zhao Shukai --Direct township elections /Lianjiang Li --The struggle for village public goods provision : informal institutions of accountability in rural China /Lily L. Tsai --Inadvertent political reform via private associations : assessing homeowners' groups in new neighborhoods /Benjamin L. Read --Civil resistance and rule of law in China : the defense of homeowners' rights /Yongshun Cai --"Hope for protection and hopeless choices" : labor legal aid in the PRC /Mary E. Gallagher --Is labor a political force in China? /Ching Kwan Lee --Between defiance and obedience : protest opportunism in China /Xi Chen --In search of the grassroots : hydroelectric politics in northwest Yunnan /Ralph Litzinger --Public opinion supervision : possibilities and limits of the media in constraining local officials /Yuezhi Zhao and Sun Wusan.Observers often note the glaring contrast between China's economic progress and its stalled political reforms. This volume, written by experienced scholars, explores a range of grassroots efforts--initiated by the state and society alike--to restrain corrupt behavior and enhance the accountability of local authorities. While the authors offer varying views on the larger significance of these developments, their case studies point to a more dynamic Chinese political system than is often acknowledged.Harvard contemporary China series ;14.Political participationChinaLocal governmentChinaProtest movementsChinaChinaPolitics and government1949-Political participationLocal governmentProtest movements320.951MH 50086rvkPerry Elizabeth J126366Goldman Merle283436MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820228103321Grassroots political reform in contemporary China4097463UNINA