Tsai, Lily L.,   1975- <br/><br/>
Accountability without democracy :  solidary groups and public goo ds provision in rural China / 
Lily L. Tsai. 
 - New York, NY :  Cambridge University Press,   c2007. 
 - xvi, 347 p. :  ill., maps ;   24 cm. 
 - Cambridge studies in comparative politics .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521871976 (hardback) 9780521692809 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006-035959 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Municipal services--China.<br/>Social institutions
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China-- Rural conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.840951