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Rural China

Rural China


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This book reports the findings of two field studies conducted between 1993 and 2001 in seven townships and six provinces in China. The authors describe the process of rural urbanization and its related economic, social, and political changes by focusing mainly on the zhen (town), in addition to administrative offices and companies involved in the local economy, and village committees. The authors show that the social changes resulting from China's economic reforms are occurring mainly from below, and that this process is also resulting in a weakening of the economic and political dominance of the central government. Other changes discussed in this study include the development of new ownership structures and the increasing dominance of the private sector; a shift in the functions of administrative offices as the bureaucracy becomes increasingly business oriented; the rise of a new local elite; a rebirth of traditional social structures (clans, local associations); and the emergence of new interest groups and institutions to represent their needs.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780765608185
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Depth: 38
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Economic And Social Change In The Late Twentieth Century
  • Width: 185 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0765608189
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2005
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 257 mm
  • No of Pages: 416
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 856 gr


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