LEADER 03695nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910815547103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8047-8203-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804782036 035 $a(CKB)2670000000155733 035 $a(EBL)868333 035 $a(OCoLC)779828674 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000664337 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12206553 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000664337 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10631548 035 $a(PQKB)10651517 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000741820 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12348783 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000741820 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10743487 035 $a(PQKB)11718171 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC868333 035 $a(DE-B1597)563737 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804782036 035 $a(OCoLC)1198930555 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000155733 100 $a20110922d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRoots of the state $eneighborhood organization and social networks in Beijing and Taipei /$fBenjamin L. Read 210 $aStanford, California $cStanford University Press$d[2012] 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 356 pages) 225 0$aContemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8047-7564-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 323-344) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aMost social science studies of local organizations tend to focus on "civil society" associations, voluntary associations independent from state control, whereas government-sponsored organizations tend to be theorized in totalitarian terms as "mass organizations" or manifestations of state corporatism. Roots of the State examines neighborhood associations in Beijing and Taipei that occupy a unique space that exists between these concepts.Benjamin L. Read views the work of the neighborhood associations he studies as a form of "administrative grassroots engagement." 410 0$aContemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific 606 $aNeighborhood government$zChina$zBeijing 606 $aNeighborhood government$zTaiwan$zTaipei 606 $aCitizens' associations$zChina$zBeijing 606 $aCitizens' associations$zTaiwan$zTaipei 606 $aSocial networks$zChina$zBeijing 606 $aSocial networks$zTaiwan$zTaipei 607 $aBeijing (China)$xPolitics and government 607 $aTaipei (Taiwan)$xPolitics and government 615 0$aNeighborhood government 615 0$aNeighborhood government 615 0$aCitizens' associations 615 0$aCitizens' associations 615 0$aSocial networks 615 0$aSocial networks 676 $a320.8/5 676 $a320.85 700 $aRead$b Benjamin Lelan$01755389 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815547103321 996 $aRoots of the state$94192159 997 $aUNINA