Embedded institutionalization: Sustaining rural tax reform in China

Pacific Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-84

  Li, Linda Chelan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Government reforms; Institutional change; Interaction between institutional fields; Rural tax reforms; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; RURAL PLANNING; RURAL POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY; TAX REFORM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI;

EID: 33745060184     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740500417673     Document Type: Article

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