Introduction: The chicken of institutions or the egg of reforms?

Developmental Dilemmas: Land Reform and Institutional Change in China

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-27

  Ho, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 76949099355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203012680     Document Type: Editorial

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