TY - BOOK AU - Tsai,Lily L. TI - Accountability without democracy: solidary groups and public goods provision in rural China T2 - Cambridge studies in comparative politics SN - 9780521871976 (hardback) PY - 2007/// CY - New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Municipal services KW - China KW - Social institutions KW - Rural conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index; Governance and informal institutions of accountability -- Decentralization and local governmental performance -- Local governmental performance : assessing village public goods provision -- Informal accountability and the structure of solidary groups -- Temples and churches in rural China -- Lineages and local governance -- Accountability and village democratic reforms -- The limitations of formal party and bureaucratic institutions ER -