Village elections, citizenship and regime legitimacy in contemporary rural China

Regime Legitimacy in Contemporary China: Institutional Change and Stability

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 55-78

  Schubert, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84919536124     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203892701     Document Type: Chapter

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