Finance and rural governance: centralization and local challenges

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1009-1026

  Kennedy, John James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Center for Global and international Studies at KU   (United States)

Author keywords

centralization; local finance; rural governance; rural social services; taxation

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLITICS; TAX SYSTEM;

CHINA;

EID: 84890910876     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.866096     Document Type: Article

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