This book examines questions of change and inertia in the context of the longstanding grievances over excessive taxation in rural China. How can some changes be

How does China maintain authoritarian rule while it is committed to market-oriented economic reforms? This book analyzes this puzzle by offering a systematic an

I suggest that if the Chinese leadership wants to enjoy political stability in poor agricultural areas and maintain its authority as a ruling Party in the long

Based on a treasure trove of information collected through fieldwork interviews and painstaking documentary research through the Chinese and Western language pr

Explores the economic, social and financial changes that have transformed China's rural governance over the past twenty years.