A century of rural self-governance reforms: reimagining rural Chinese society in the post-taxation era

Journal of Peasant Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 929-954

  Day, Alexander F ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

advocacy politics; Cao Jinqing; Dang Guoying; He Xuefeng; Li Changping; peasant organization; rural governance; self government; state involution; taxation; Wu Licai; Xu Yong; Yu Jianrong

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PEASANT AGRICULTURE; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL FINANCE; RURAL SOCIETY; TAX SYSTEM; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CHINA;

CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 84890951347     PISSN: 03066150     EISSN: 17439361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2013.859138     Document Type: Article

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