Roots of the state
Subtitle: neighborhood organization and social networks in Beijing and Taipei
By: Benjamin L. Read
Series: Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific; Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780804775649; 9780804775656
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Politics and government; Neighborhood government; Citizens' associations; Social networks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : administration at the grassroots in East and Southeast Asia; title: The little platoon : structuring the neighborhood; title: Elections, bogus and bona fide; title: Power relations at the alley level; title: Perceptions and interaction; title: Thick networks and state-mobilized volunteers; title: Thin networks and the appeals of organic statism; title: The landscape of grassroots administration : comparative cases.