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
7.1 The Order of Governance in Rural Society
7.2 The Principle of Order and the Form of Authority in Rural Society
7.3 The Ruling Characteristics of Governance in Rural Society
8 Finance and Governance (1): The Nature of Government Power and Its Boundaries
8.1 Changes of Power Boundaries Reflected in the Fiscal Account
Looking at Power Changes from Fiscal Revenue
The Mobilization Ability of Local Governments
Tax Revenue and Non-budget Revenue
Looking at Power Changes from Fiscal Expenditures

The Scope of Public Fiscal Expenditure Is Wide, and the Investment in Social Governance Has Increased
The Expenditure of Funds and Special Funds Is Concentrated, and the Risk of Land Fiscal Expenditure Increases
The Non-public Nature of the Fiscal Structure and the Nature of Fiscal Growth
Source of Taxation: Fiscal Expansion
Tax Expenditure: Growth in the Non-public Sector
The Nature of Resource Monopoly and Increase in Fiscal Revenue
8.2 Functions of Public Finance and Public Demands
The Status Quo of Difficulty in Fiscal Operation in Township