...Structural Reconfigurations This chapter examines hydropower development on Southwest China’s Nu River. Drawing on the notion of the moral economy, I illustrate how different constituent groups—including government agencies and hydropower corporations, nongovernmental organizations...

..., people are deeply skeptical about local governments and do not hesitate to violate rules in seeking self-interest; on the other hand, people see interventions from higher levels of the state, especially the center, as the ultimate solution to their problems. The chapter seeks to examine such a structural...