To vote or not to vote: An analysis of peasants' participation in Chinese village elections

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 686-712

  Zhong, Yang ^a   Chen, Jie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036352393     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414002035006003     Document Type: Review

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