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Featuring cases from India, China, Nepal, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Mongolia and Malaysia, the authors demonstrate and compare the differing uses of public

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This book examines village democracy and the prospects of China's democratization. It explains how three key factors - township, economy and kinship - shape vil