State and market in public service provision: Opportunities and traps for institutional change in rural China

Pacific Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-278

  Li, Linda Chelan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Institutional change; Public service unit reform; Public services for the poor; Township government reform

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POLITICS; SERVICE PROVISION; STATE ROLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 48949116289     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740802134117     Document Type: Article

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