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Roots of the state : neighborhood organization and social networks in Beijing and Taipei /
Most social science studies of local organizations tend to focus on "civil society" associations, voluntary associations independent from state control, whereas government-sponsored organizations tend to be theorized in totalitarian terms as "mass organizations" or manifestations...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Palo Alto :
Stanford University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on names, Terms, and romanization; 1. Introduction: administration at the grass roots in East and Southeast Asia; 2. The little platoon: structuring the neighborhood; 3. Elections, bogus and bona fide; 4. Power relations at the Alley level; 5. Perceptions and interaction; 6. Thick networks and state-mobilized volunteers; 7. Thin networks and the appeals of organic statism; 8. The landscape of grassroots administration: comparative cases; 9. Conclusion; Appendix 1: research methods; Appendix 2: Beyond the two capitals; Notes; References.