144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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Despite China’s rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, most Chinese still live in the vast countryside or have rural household registration. Although there was significant economic improvement in rural areas in the 1980s, the rural economy has been stagnating or deteriorating since then, and the book argues that the rural-urban income gap is giving rise to the potential for political... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Core Democratic Values and Orientations 3. Support for Market Economy 4. Levels of Political Interest 5. Political Legitimacy and Popular Support 6. To Vote or Not To Vote in Village Elections 7. Do Village Cadres and Villagers Think Alike?
Biography
Yang Zhong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee, USA, and a Changjiang Scholar at School of International and Public Affairs of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is the author of Local Government and Politics in China: Challenges from Below.
