Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China
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Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China

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Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China

About this book

Observers often note the glaring contrast between China's stunning economic progress and stalled political reforms. Although sustained growth in GNP has not brought democratization at the national level, this does not mean that the Chinese political system has remained unchanged. At the grassroots level, a number of important reforms have been implemented in the last two decades.

This volume, written by scholars who have undertaken substantial fieldwork in China, explores a range of grassroots efforts--initiated by the state and society alike--intended to restrain arbitrary and corrupt official behavior and enhance the accountability of local authorities. Topics include village and township elections, fiscal reforms, legal aid, media supervision, informal associations, and popular protests. While the authors offer varying assessments of the larger significance of these developments, their case studies point to a more dynamic Chinese political system than is often acknowledged. When placed in historical context--as in the Introduction--we see that reforms in local governance are hardly a new feature of Chinese political statecraft and that the future of these experiments is anything but certain.

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Yes, you can access Grassroots Political Reform in Contemporary China by Elizabeth J. Perry, Merle Goldman, Elizabeth J. Perry,Merle Goldman,Elizabeth J Perry in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Chinese History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. List of Abbreviations
  4. 1. Introduction: Historical Reflections on Grassroots Political Reform in China
  5. 2. Village Elections, Transparency,and Anticorruption: Henan and Guangdong Provinces
  6. 3. The Implementation of Village Elections andTax-for-Fee Reform in Rural Northwest China
  7. 4. Fiscal Crisis in China’s Townships:Causes and Consequences
  8. 5. Direct Township Elections
  9. 6. The Struggle for Village Public Goods Provision: Informal Institutions of Accountability in Rural China
  10. 7. Inadvertent Political Reform via Private Associations: Assessing Homeowners’ Groups in New Neighborhoods
  11. 8. Civil Resistance and Rule of Law in China:The Defense of Homeowners’ Rights
  12. 9. “Hope for Protection and Hopeless Choices”:Labor Legal Aid in the PRC
  13. 10. Is Labor a Political Force in China?
  14. 11. Between Defiance and Obedience:Protest Opportunism in China
  15. 12. In Search of the Grassroots: Hydroelectric Politics in Northwest Yunnan
  16. 13. Public Opinion Supervision: Possibilities and Limits of the Media in Constraining Local Officials
  17. Notes
  18. Contributors