Synopses & Reviews
How citizens get government officials to provide them with public services in rural China.
Table of Contents
1. Governance and informal institutions of accountability; 2. Decentralization and local governmental performance; 3. Local governmental performance: assessing village public goods provision; 4. Informal accountability and the structure of solidary groups; 5. Temples and churches in rural China; 6. Lineages and local governance; 7. Accountability and village democratic reforms; 8. The limitations of formal party and bureaucratic institutions; 9. Conclusion.