Village Governance in North China - 1875-1936 (Hardcover)

This book is about village governance in China during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing on government archives from Huailu county, Ilebei province, this book explores the operational realities of local practices as well as institutionally imposed social control, land taxation, and self government at the village level. Its analysis of peasant behaviors bridges the gap between the rational choice and moral economy models by taking into account both material and symbolic dimensions of power and interest in the peasant community. The author's interpretation of village/state relations before 1900 transcends the state and society dichotomy and accentuates the interplay between formal and informal institutions and practices. His account of state making after 1900 underscores the continuity of endogenous arrangements in the course of institutional formalization and the interpenetration between official discourse and popular notions in the new process of political legitimization.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Huaiyin Li
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-5091-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8047-5091-2
Barcode:	9780804750912

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