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

Unlike the election models in other Asian countries, rural elections in China were created from the grassroots level by farmers before they were officially and

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 monograph ties in the scholarly debate on Chinese village elections and their consequences for China’s political system. It draws on comparative fieldwor

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