Civic Duty, moral responsibility, and reciprocity: An ethnographic study on resident-volunteers in the neighbourhoods of Beijing

China Perspectives

Volumn , Issue 3, 2017, Pages 47-56

  Audin, Judith ^a,b  

^a EHESS (CECMC)   (France)

^b Sciences Po Aix (CHERPA)   (France)

Author keywords

Beijing; Commitment; Inhabitants; Neighbourhood, ethnography; Participation; Reciprocity; Residents' committee; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030177724     PISSN: 20703449     EISSN: 19964617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/chinaperspectives.7411     Document Type: Article

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