Exploring the Sources of Institutional Trust in China: Culture, Mobilization, or Performance?

Asian Politics and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 415-436

  Yang, Qing ^a   Tang, Wenfang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Institutional performance; Institutional trust; Political culture; Survey study

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956248765     PISSN: 19430779     EISSN: 19430787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-0787.2010.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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