Grassroots Democracy and Local Governance: Evidence from Rural China

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1635-1649

  Wang, Shuna ^a   Yao, Yang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; China; grassroots democracy; local governance; village elections

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; FISCAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RURAL POLITICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 35248854901     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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