This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape vil

This book chronicles the evolution and progress of village elections in China, and offers a roadmap as to what could eventually be the beginning of a more exten

Examines the fundamental issue of how citizens get government officials to provide them with the roads, schools, and other public services they need by studying

Based on an in-depth investigation of different regions of China's vast countryside, Improving Village Governance in Contemporary China vividly describes rural

This monograph ties in the scholarly debate on Chinese village elections and their consequences for China’s political system. It draws on comparative fieldwor