TY - BOOK AU - Read,Benjamin Lelan TI - Roots of the state: neighborhood organization and social networks in Beijing and Taipei T2 - Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific SN - 9780804775649 AV - JS7365 R282 R 2012 PY - 2012///] CY - Stanford, California PB - Stanford University Press KW - Neighborhood government KW - China KW - Beijing KW - Taiwan KW - Taipei KW - Citizens' associations KW - Social networks KW - Beijing (China) KW - Politics and government KW - Taipei (Taiwan) N1 - 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 ER -