Rural China : economic and social change in the late twentieth century
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Rural China : economic and social change in the late twentieth century
(An East gate book)
M.E. Sharpe, c2006
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Rural China : economic and social change in the late 20th century
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  Aomori
  Iwate
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
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  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
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University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo図
: hbk332.22:H275010338969
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Library, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization図
: hbkAECC||711.3||R416265209
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-343) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Zhen Settlements
- 3: Field Research
- 4: Settlements and Population
- 5: Economic Structures and Economic Change
- 6: Finance System and Development of Rural Towns (Zhen)
- 7: Processes of Change in Administration and Politics
- 8: Rise of a New Social Stratification and of New Local Elites
- 9: Value Change and Interest Articulation
- 10: Summary and Evaluation
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