1. What is Community? What Constitutes a Community? 2. Village-Based Governance: “Community Governance” in Ancient China 3. The First-Round Reform: Formation and Irradiation of the SO-RC System 4. The Second-round Reform: Trial of “Separation of Residential Committees and Community Work Stations, and Government-Society Cooperation” 5. Vivid Stories: Typical Practices of Government-Community Cooperation 6. A New Orientation in the New Era: The System of Community Governance 7. The Political Party in the Community: Political and Social Constructions 8. Formation of the Poli-community: Governing Authority, Service and Life 9. Transformation of Community Governance: Tradition and Development of the Relationship between Family and State
Biography
Wu Xiaolin is currently a professor and the dean of the Zhou Enlai School of Government at Nankai University, China. His research interests are urban governance and political development.






