Patronage and Power: Local State Networks and Party-State Resilience in Rural China

by Ben Hillman

Book Overview

Power and Patronage examines the unwritten rules and inner workings of contemporary China's local politics and government. It exposes how these rules have helped to keep the one-Party state together during decades of tumultuous political, social, and economic change.

While many observers of Chinese politics have recognized the importance of informal institutions, this book explains how informal local groups actually operate, paying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804789363
• ISBN13: 9780804789363
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"