Central mandates in flux: Local noncompliance in China

Publius

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-333

  Gong, Ting ^a   Wu, Alfred M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84859608422     PISSN: 00485950     EISSN: 17477107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/publius/pjr001     Document Type: Article

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