Unlike the election models in other Asian countries, rural elections in China were created from the grassroots level by farmers before they were officially and

This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape vil

This book chronicles the evolution and progress of village elections in China, and offers a roadmap as to what could eventually be the beginning of a more exten

Why does the Chinese government allow village elections? What implications do these grass-roots level popular elections have for the democratization of China? B