How can the poor and weak 'work' a political system to their advantage? Drawing mainly on interviews and surveys in rural China, Kevin O'Brien and Lianjiang Li

How can the poor and weak 'work' a political system to their advantage? Drawing mainly on interviews and surveys in rural China, Kevin O'Brien and Lianjiang Li

Observers often note the glaring contrast between China's stunning economic progress and stalled political reforms. Although sustained growth in GNP has not bro

This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape vil

Although academics have paid much attention to contentious politics in China and elsewhere, research on the outcomes of social protests, both direct and indirec