Democracy, community, trust: The impact of elections in rural China

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-324

  Manion, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Clans; Corruption; Democratization; Elections; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645684094     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005280852     Document Type: Article

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