TY - BOOK AU - Tsai, Lily L., TI - Accountability without democracy: solidary groups and public goo ds provision in rural China T2 - Cambridge studies in comparative politics SN - 9780521871976 (hardback) U1 - 320.840951 23 PY - 2007/// CY - New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Municipal services KW - China KW - Social institutions KW - Rural conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index; Governance and informal institutions of accountability -- Decentrali zation and local governmental performance -- Local governmental perform ance : assessing village public goods provision -- Informal accountabil ity and the structure of solidary groups -- Temples and churches in rur al China -- Lineages and local governance -- Accountability and village democratic reforms -- The limitations of formal party and bureaucratic institutions ER -