Governing the Taiwanese countryside: Guanxi, power and agency

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 799-815

  Wang, Chi Mao ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actor network theory; governmentality; guanxi; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; COLLECTIVE ACTION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLITICS; SOCIAL THEORY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84889084235     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.838671     Document Type: Article

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