The political economy of collective farms : an analysis of China's Post-Mao rural reforms
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The political economy of collective farms : an analysis of China's Post-Mao rural reforms
(Aspects of political economy)
Polity, 1988
Available at 34 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 241-254
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book examines the case for and against collective farms in developing countries. Basing his account on a careful analysis of China's rural economy from the 1950s to the 1980s, the author argues that collective farms have serious shortcomings and that they are not the most suitable institutional form for rural economic development in poor countries. Nolan sets his argument within the context of debates, stemming from the clash between Stalin and Bukharin in the 1920s, about the value of collectivization of the peasantry and about the relationship between central planning and the market. He traces the impact of these debates on development strategies in China and elsewhere. In assessing these strategies, Nolan provides a detailed account of the rural economy in China under Mao and of the post-1978 rural reforms, highlighting some of the problems that have yet to be resolved. This book should appeal to second or third year university students in developmental economics and the sociology of development.
by "Nielsen BookData"