Accountability without democracy solidary groups and public goods provision in rural China

Tsai, Lily L.

Accountability without democracy solidary groups and public goods provision in rural China Lily L. Tsai - New York, NY Cambridge University Press c2007 - xvi, 347 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index.

Governance and informal institutions of accountability -- Decentralization and local governmental performance -- Local governmental performance : assessing village public goods provision -- Informal accountability and the structure of solidary groups -- Temples and churches in rural China -- Lineages and local governance -- Accountability and village democratic reforms -- The limitations of formal party and bureaucratic institutions.

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Municipal services
Social institutions
Institutions -- Rural Administration