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Author Saich, Tony, author

Title Chinese village, global market : new collectives and rural development / Tony Saich and Biliang Hu
Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2012]
©2012

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Series China in transformation
China in transformation.
Contents Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Romanization and Chinese units of measurement -- "Becoming global" : Yantian village in context -- Economic management and economic organization -- "Cleaning their feet" : the decline of an agricultural village -- "Building nests to attract phoenixes" : lineage, market, and the rise of a global manufacturing base -- "New wine, new bottles" : the emergence of a new style village collective -- "From tractors to automobiles" : household economic management -- Managing the provision of public goods -- "From public provision to a diversified network" : education services -- "One village, different worlds" : healthcare provision in Yantian -- "Dengs' village" : governance -- Yantian : a model in transition
Summary The story of one village, Yantian, and its remarkable economic and social transformation, this book shows how outcomes are shaped by a number of factors such as path dependence, social structures, economic resources and local entrepreneurship
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Rural development -- China -- Case studies
Local government -- China
Social structure -- China -- Case studies
Entrepreneurship -- China -- Case studies
Economics of industrial organisation -- China.
Economic growth -- China.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
Economics.
Politics and government
Economic history
Entrepreneurship
Local government
Rural development
Social structure
Asia
China
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Hu, Biliang, author.
ISBN 9781137035158
1137035153
9781349442157
1349442151