| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 356 pages). |
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| Series |
Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific
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Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific.
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| 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. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
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 of state corporatism. Roots of the State examines neighborhood associations in Beijing and Taipei that occupy a unique space that exists between these concepts. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-344) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Neighborhood government -- China -- Beijing.
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Neighborhood government. |
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China -- Beijing. |
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Neighborhood government -- Taiwan -- Taipei.
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Taiwan -- Taipei. |
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Citizens' associations -- China -- Beijing.
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Citizens' associations. |
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Citizens' associations -- Taiwan -- Taipei.
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Social networks -- China -- Beijing.
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Social networks. |
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Social networks -- Taiwan -- Taipei.
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Beijing (China) -- Politics and government.
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Taipei (Taiwan) -- Politics and government.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Read, Benjamin Lelan.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Read, Benjamin Lelan. Roots of the state. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012, ©2012 9780804775649 (DLC) 2011039938 (OCoLC)755004305 |
| ISBN |
9780804782036 (electronic book) |
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0804782032 (electronic book) |
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9780804775656 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780804775649 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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0804775648 (hardback ; acid-free paper) |
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0804775656 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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