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Roots of the state : neighborhood organization and social networks in Beijing and Taipei / Benjamin L. Read.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Read, Benjamin Lelan.
- Series:
- Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific
- Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neighborhood government--China--Beijing.
- Neighborhood government.
- Neighborhood government--Taiwan--Taipei.
- Citizens' associations--China--Beijing.
- Citizens' associations.
- Citizens' associations--Taiwan--Taipei.
- Social networks--China--Beijing.
- Social networks.
- Social networks--Taiwan--Taipei.
- Beijing (China)--Politics and government.
- Beijing (China).
- Taipei (Taiwan)--Politics and government.
- Taipei (Taiwan).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 356 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Most social science studies of local organizations tend to focus on "civil society" associations, voluntary associations independent from state control, whereas government-sponsored organizations tend to be theorized in totalitarian terms as "mass organizations" or manifestations of state corporatism. Roots of the State examines neighborhood associations in Beijing and Taipei that occupy a unique space that exists between these concepts.Benjamin L. Read views the work of the neighborhood associations he studies as a form of "administrative grassroots engagement."
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Names, Terms, and Romanization; 1. Introduction: Administration at the Grass Roots in East and Southeast Asia; 2. The Little Platoon: Structuring the Neighborhood; 3. Elections, Bogus and Bona Fide; 4. Power Relations at the Alley Level; 5. Perceptions and Interaction; 6. Thick Networks and State-Mobilized Volunteers; 7. Thin Networks and the Appeals of Organic Statism; 8. The Landscape of Grassroots Administration: Comparative Cases; 9. Conclusion; Appendix 1: Research Methods; Appendix 2: Beyond the Two Capitals; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-344) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Sep 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780804782036
- 0804782032
- OCLC:
- 779828674
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