Village elections in contemporary China: New spaces for generating regime legitimacy? Experiences from Lishu county

China Perspectives

Volumn 2007, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 12-27

  Schubert, Gunter ^a   Xuelian, Chen ^a  

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EID: 70449641730     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19964617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/chinaperspectives.1993     Document Type: Article

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