{"product_id":"accountability-without-democracy-lily-l-tsai-9780521871976","title":"Accountability Without Democracy: Solidary Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China","description":"This book examines the fundamental issue of how citizens get government officials to provide them with the roads, schools, and other public services they need by studying communities in rural China. In authoritarian and transitional systems, formal institutions for holding government officials accountable are often weak. The answer, Lily L. Tsai found, lies in a community's social institutions. Even when formal democratic and bureaucratic institutions of accountability are weak, government officials can still be subject to informal rules and norms created by community solidary groups that have earned high moral standing in the community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lily L. Tsai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521871972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521871976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Lily L. Tsai","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056304451839,"sku":"9780521871976","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c56362b-fe6c-4892-9e43-6f0e58ef365b.jpg?v=1685040611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/accountability-without-democracy-lily-l-tsai-9780521871976","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}