Rural China

Economic and Social Change in the Late Twentieth Century
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-7656-0818-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 257 mm, Gewicht: 871 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fan, Jie

Heberer, Thomas

Taubmann, Wolfgang

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Marktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Jie Fan, Thomas Heberer, Wolfgang Taubmann