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China has undergone dramatic change in its economic institutions in recent years, but surprisingly little change politically. Somehow, the political institutions seem capable of …
This book is about village governance in China during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing on government archives from Huailu county, Hebei province, it …
This is the first systematic, longitudinal study of the organization and operations of Chinese government at the county level. Highlighting the relationships between county …
With the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States at an all-time high and Congressional immigration reform seemingly at a standstill, cities and states across the …
Centered on the urban workplace, the danwei (workunit) has been the fundamental social and spatial unit of urban China under socialism. Not only was it the source of employment, …
As politicians debate how to address the estimated eleven million unauthorized immigrants residing in the United States, undocumented youth anxiously await the next policy shift …
Most social science studies of local organizations tend to focus on "civil society" associations, voluntary associations independent from state control, whereas …
In the early decades of the twentieth century, prostitution was one of only a few fates available to women and girls besides wife, servant, or factory worker. At the turn of the …
Since the Reagan presidency, more and more public policymaking authority has devolved to the states, a trend that the contributors to this volume argue is unlikely to abate soon. …
From 1891 to 1941, Santiago—Chile’s capital and its largest and most important city—experienced rapid urbanization, industrialization, and administrative expansion along with a …