TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wang,Juan
TI  - The sinews of state power: the rise and demise of the cohesive local state in rural China 
SN  - 9780190609511 (ebook) :
AV  - JQ1506.S8 
U1  - 320.80951 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Central-local government relations
KW  - China
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Rural conditions
N1  - Previously issued in print: 2017; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - Based on original fieldwork, 'The Sinews of State Power' seeks to understand continuous rural instability in China despite national reforms in the post-2000s. It offers a fresh perspective by revisiting the fundamental components of a capable government - a coherent and robust local leadership - and tracing its rise and demise since the Maoist era
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190605735.001.0001
ER  -