Official governance and self-governance: the reconstruction of grassroots social order in China

Part I The Transformation of Traditional Grassroots Social Order and Significance of Its Modern Construction -- Chapter One The Cognitive Paradigms for Understanding Traditional Grassroots Social Order -- Chapter Two Rules of Order: Structure of Social Authorities at the Grassroots -- Chapter Three The Structure of Social Order and the Relationship Between Society and State -- Chapter Four Grassroots Governance by Local Government Clerks and Runners and Its Modern Transformation: Social Restructuring and Remolding of Social Order -- Chapter Five The Significance of Modern Construction of Grassroots Social Order -- Part II The Contemporary Authority Structure and Governance System of Grassroots Social Order -- Chapter Six The Historical Basis of the Governance Order in Rural Society -- Chapter Seven Finance and Governance (1): The Nature of Government Power and Its Boundaries -- Chapter Eight Finance and Governance (2): The Significance of Public Finance Restructuring at the Grassroots for Social Governance Transformation -- Chapter Nine Rules and Order: The Transformation of Grassroots Social Governance -- Chapter Ten Grassroots Public Political Culture -- Chapter Eleven Forms of Rights for Members of the Rural Society: From Primary Community to State-Based Community -- Chapter Twelve The Rights Distribution System for Urban Residents -- Chapter Thirteen Social Organizations in Historical and Social Contexts -- Chapter Fourteen Documentary Governance: How Authority Is Exercised and Its Significance for Order and Rules -- Chapter Fifteen Co-Governance by Officials and the People -- Chapter Sixteen Restructuring Order: Forty Years of Grassroots Governance Reform in China. .

Intro -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Foreword -- Part I The Transformation of Traditional Grassroots Social Order and Significance of Its Modern Construction -- 2 The Cognitive Paradigms for Understanding Traditional Grassroots Social Order -- 2.1 Self-Governance or Official Governance -- 2.2 Different Cognitive Paradigms for Understanding Self-Governance and Official Governance -- 2.3 The Theoretical Origin of the Cognitive Paradigms -- 3 Rules of Order: Structure of Social Authorities at the Grassroots -- 3.1 Rules and Order -- 3.2 Public Sphere and Private Sphere -- 3.3 Rule of Rituals: A Method or Something Else -- 4 The Structure of Social Order and the Relationship Between Society and State -- 4.1 Order Through the Rule of Rituals and Law and the Relationship Between the Society and the State -- 4.2 The Order Dimension of Tax System: Relationship of Personal Bondage in the Imperial Society -- 4.3 The Structural Pattern of Social Authority and Power at the Grassroots -- 5 Grassroots Governance by Local Government Clerks and Runners and Its Modern Transformation: Social Restructuring and Remolding of Social Order -- 5.1 Rectification of Grassroots Governance by Local Government Clerks and Runners -- 5.2 Social Restructuring and Modernization of Grassroots Authority -- 5.3 From Order Through the Rule of Rituals and Laws to Order Through Modern Authority -- 6 The Significance of Modern Construction of Grassroots Social Order -- 6.1 The Historical Evolution of Social Order Transformation -- 6.2 Social Authority Order System at the Grassroots -- 6.3 The Nature and the Changes of Public Social Relationships -- Part II The Contemporary Authority Structure and Governance System of Grassroots Social Order -- 7 The Historical Basis of the Governance Order in Rural Society.