Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-311) and index
Introduction -- The setting -- Cooperation and control in the peasant community : the Xiangdi system -- Rules, self interest, and strategies : disputes over the Xiangdi service -- Village regulations at work : tax collection -- Land and tax administration -- Power, discourse, and legitimacy : the village head office in dispute -- Cooperation and conflict over village schools -- Elite activism -- Villages reorganization -- Uncovering the "black land".
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