Bibliograph

Accountability without democracy, solidary groups and public goods provision in rural China, Lily L. Tsai

Type

Label

Accountability without democracy, solidary groups and public goods provision in rural China, Lily L. Tsai

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Accountability without democracy

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

191719846

Responsibility statement

Lily L. Tsai

Series statement

Cambridge studies in comparative politicsCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

solidary groups and public goods provision in rural China

Summary

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 state often lacks sufficient resources to monitor its officials closely, and citizens are limited in their power to elect officials they believe will perform well and to remove them when they do not. 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.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Governance and informal institutions of accountability -- Decentralization and local governmental performance -- Local governmental performance : assessing village public goods provision -- Informal accountability and the structure of solidary groups -- Temples and churches in rural China -- Lineages and local governance -- Accountability and village democratic reforms -- The limitations of formal party and bureaucratic institutions

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