To get rich is not only glorious: Economic reform and the new entrepreneurial party secretaries

China Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 210, 2012, Pages 335-354

  Xiaojun, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

economic reform; institutional innovation; local governance; political reform; rural politics

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REFORM; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL REFORM; RURAL AREA; RURAL POLITICS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84872054047     PISSN: 03057410     EISSN: 14682648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305741012000367     Document Type: Article

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