Quality control: Resource access and local village elections in rural China

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 481-509

  Sturgeon, Janet C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ELECTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL SOCIETY; SELF GOVERNMENT; VILLAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 67749127437     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: 14698099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X07003435     Document Type: Article

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