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Tsai, Lily L. 1975-

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. ill. 24 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9780521871976 (hardback) 9780521692809 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Municipal services--China.
Social institutions--China.
Institutions -- Rural Administration