Township elections in China: Extending democracy or institutional innovation

China Report

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-497

  Saich, Tony ^a   Yang, Xuedong ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; URBAN POLITICS;

ASIA; BUYUN; CHINA; DAPENG; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; SICHUAN;

EID: 1642439150     PISSN: 00094455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000944550303900403     Document Type: Article

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