Career advancement as party patronage: Sponsored mobility into the Chinese administrative elite, 1949-1996

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1371-1408

  Li, Bobai ^a   Walder, Andrew G ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035285901     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320816     Document Type: Article

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