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rj430290j07	Chang Liu	Obfuscatory Work: Toward a Theory of Changes in Legitimacy of Rule of Law	2021		.txt	text/plain	216	6	22	Based on a comparative case study of two villages in China, this paper argues that grassroots bureaucrats' obfuscatory work - work on blurring the conflict between formal and informal rules - can gradually change the legitimacy of formal rules and thus have a long-term impact on the political ecology. Modern state interventions in society often encounter popular resistance, especially in developing countries where informal rules dominate and formal institutions that conflict with them find it difficult to gain legitimacy.	cache/rj430290j07.txt	txt/rj430290j07.txt