As the lowest administrative level of state power, township government occupies a unique position, offering an important dimension from which to understand state-society relations, politics and rural development in contemporary China. In this creative and informative book, translated from the original Chinese, Zhao engages in theoretical analysis and field research to probe systematically and dynamically the problems faced by grassroots government. His core argument is that the only way for grassroots governments to solve their problems is through institutional reforms that establish autonomous governance, promote democracy and enforce the rule of law.
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