Public attitudes toward official justice in Beijing and rural China

Chinese Justice: Civil Dispute Resolution in Contemporary China

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 169-203

  Michelson, Ethan ^a,b   Read, Benjamin L ^c  

^a Department of Sociology and East Asian Languages and Cultures ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84926076078     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511977008.007     Document Type: Chapter

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