Read, Benjamin Lelan, <br/><br/>
Roots of the state :  neighborhood organization and social networks in Beijing and Taipei / 
Benjamin L. Read. 
 - Stanford, California :  Stanford University Press,  [2012] 
 - xvi, 356 p. :  ill. 
 - Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific .
<br/><br/>Introduction : administration at the grass roots in East and Southeast Asia -- The little platoon : structuring the neighborhood -- Elections, bogus and bona fide -- Power relations at the alley level -- Perceptions and interaction -- Thick networks and state-mobilized volunteers -- Thin networks and the appeals of organic statism -- The landscape of grassroots administration : comparative cases -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780804775649 9780804775656 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Neighborhood government--China--Beijing.<br/>Neighborhood government--Taiwan--Taipei.<br/>Citizens' associations--China--Beijing.<br/>Citizens' associations--Taiwan--Taipei.<br/>Social networks--China--Beijing.<br/>Social networks--Taiwan--Taipei.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Beijing (China)--Politics and government.<br/>Taipei (Taiwan)--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JS7365  / R282 R 2012