Tsai, Lily L. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521871976 (hardback) 9780521692809 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Municipal services<br/>Social institutions<br/>Institutions -- Rural Administration