Cultivation of Grass-Roots Democracy: A Study of Direct Elections of Residents Committees in Shanghai

China Information

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-31

  Gui, Yong ^a   Cheng, Joseph Y S ^b   ma, Weihong ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ah Q progeny; discourse; Lu Xun; social drama; Victor Turner

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992804016     PISSN: 0920203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0920203X06062386     Document Type: Article

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