How can the poor and weak 'work' a political system to their advantage? Drawing mainly on interviews and surveys in rural China, Kevin O'Brien and Lianjiang Li
How can the poor and weak 'work' a political system to their advantage? Drawing mainly on interviews and surveys in rural China, Kevin O'Brien and Lianjiang Li
Observers often note the glaring contrast between China’s economic progress and its stalled political reforms. This volume, written by experienced scholars, e
Although academics have paid much attention to contentious politics in China and elsewhere, research on the outcomes of social protests, both direct and indirec
This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape vil