Accountability without Democracy: Solidary Groups and Public

Accountability without Democracy: Solidary Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China
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This book examines the fundamental issue of how citizens get government officials to provide them with the roads, schools, and other public services they need by studying communities in rural China. In authoritarian and transitional systems, formal institutions for holding government officials accountable are often weak. The answer, Lily L. Tsai found, lies in a community's social institutions. Even when formal democratic and bureaucratic institutions of accountability are weak, government officials can still be subject to informal rules and norms created by community solidary groups that have earned high moral standing in the community.
Country USA
Brand Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer Cambridge University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 53 Tables, unspecified
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780521692809
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Accountability without Democracy: Solidary Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China