Cunji

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Cunji

In China, a political subdivision equivalent to a village.

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"Cong Jingji Jingying dao Zhengzhi Guanlizhe: Zhongguo Cunmin Xuanju yu Cunji Lingdao de Jiti" [From economic elites to political administrators: Village elections in China and succession of the village leadership].

Vote buying, village elections, and authoritarian rule in rural China: a game-theoretic analysis

Cunji Fanweinei Chouzi Choulao Guanli Zanxing Guiding (Temporary Regulations on Raising Money and Labor at the Village Level).

Does the provision of public goods correspond to local demand?

See, for example, Kevin O'Brien and Lianjiang Li, "Accommodating 'Democracy' in a One-party State: Introducing Village Elections in China", China Quarterly 162 (2000): 465-89; Jean Oi and Scott Rozelle, "Elections and Power: The Locus of Decision-making in Chinese Villages", China Quarterly 162 (2000): 490-512; Yong Xu and Yi Wu (eds.), Xiangtu Zhongguo de minzhu xuanju (Democratic Election in the Chinese Countryside) (Wuhan: Huazhong Shifan Daxue Chubanshe, 2001); Houan Zhang, Yong Xu and Jiquan Xiang (eds.), Zhongguo nongcun cunji zhili (Village Governance in Rural China) (Wuhan: Huazhong shifan Daue chubanshe, 2000).