Encountering Rural Society in the Face of Elections: An Observation of the Fourth Village Committee Election in Jingmen City

Author: Wang Ximing He Xuefeng Chen Tao
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: Contemporary Chinese Rural Governance and Election Observation Research Series. This book vividly records the real stories that took place during the Fourth Village Committee elections in more than ten villages within Jingmen City. This election served as a comprehensive rehearsal following several previous village committee elections since the early 1990s, where touching scenes and legendary stories repeatedly unfolded. From these stories and scenes, one can easily perceive many aspects of rural economic and political development, as well as the joys and sorrows experienced by farmers during this process. The authors' purpose in this book is not merely to describe the election situation in Jingmen City. They hope these investigative reports can provide both policy research on rural governance and theoretical research on rural relationships, not only helping to fill the gap in the study of "rural governance techniques" but also laying a solid foundation for research on the "social basis of village elections," a topic of interest to scholars both in the East and the West.