Local Governance - Various Issues of Rural Systems (Revised Edition)

Author: Zhang Jing
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book discusses the power distribution, role nature, and their relationship with national politics in rural Chinese society from the perspectives of political sociology and legal sociology, and uses this to explain the structural sources and political consequences of rural conflicts. On one hand, the decline in the moral and jurisdictional legitimacy of grassroots authority makes social integration centered around it increasingly difficult; on the other hand, its role in isolating society from the state becomes increasingly apparent. This research aims to challenge the theoretical framework of "state capacity building" that explains grassroots order in China, which has a significant influence in academia.