Accountability without democracy : solidary groups and public goods provision in rural China - Tsai, Lily L., 1975- (New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2007)
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
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index
Keywords: Municipal services -- China; Social institutions -- China; China -- Rural conditions