Grassroots transformation in contemporary China

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 400-423

  Gui, Yong ^a   Ma, Weihong ^b   Mühlhahn, Klaus ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Community studies; Grassroots; State society; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956347929     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330902944487     Document Type: Article

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