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1 online resource |
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List of Figures; List of Map; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Overview of the Study; 1.2 The State, Market and Life Chances: The Puzzles and How They Are Explained; 1.3 Preview of the Remaining Chapters; References; Chapter 2: Literature Review and the Framework of the Study; 2.1 Literature Review; 2.1.1 Rural Social Stratification in Mao's China: A Background; 2.1.2 The Market Transition Debate; 2.1.3 New Institutional Analysis; 2.2 Analytical Framework of the Thesis; 2.2.1 Unsolved Puzzles and New Directions |
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2.2.1.1 The Economic Reform as an Instituted Process of Market Penetration2.2.1.2 From "Income" to "Life Chances"; Variations of "The Sources of Earnings"; Explaining the Burden on Peasants; Redefining Rural Cadres' Advantages; 2.2.1.3 The State-Market Interactive View; 2.3 Methodologies and the Field Site; 2.3.1 The Character of the Research Methodology; 2.3.2 The Field Sites; 2.4 Summary; References; Chapter 3: Market Penetration and the Life Chances of Peasants in Guangdong: An Historical Account; 3.1 Market Penetration in Guangdong; 3.1.1 The Origin of Market Penetration |
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3.1.2 Market Penetrations: Phases and Regional Variations3.1.2.1 Phase 1: The Thriving of the Petty Commodity Markets; The Thriving of Family Agriculture; Individual Family Businesses; 3.1.2.2 Phase 2: The Development of Rural Industry; Commodity, Capital, and Labor Markets; The Formation of Three Types and Stages of Market Penetration; New Cooperative Economy; Local Economy; Outskirt Economy; 3.2 The Increase and Distribution of Earning Sources; 3.3 Intergovernmental Revenue Sharing and Peasants' Life Chances; 3.3.1 Intergovernmental Revenue Sharing in China-An Overview |
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3.3.1.1 Central-Guangdong Revenue Sharing3.3.1.2 Revenue Sharing of Sub-provincial Governments; 3.3.2 Market Penetration and Revenue Sharing Between the State and Rural Society; 3.3.2.1 The State's Needs from Rural Society; 3.3.2.2 The Reemergence of the Burden on Peasants; 3.3.2.3 Market Penetration and the State's Policies on the Relief of the Burden on Peasants; 3.3.3 Market Penetration, Intergovernmental Revenue Sharing, and Peasant's Life Chances; 3.3.3.1 The Revenue Structure of Township Governments |
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3.3.3.2 Market Penetration, Intergovernmental Revenue Sharing, and Peasants' Life Chances in Guangdong3.4 Summary; References; Chapter 4: A New Cooperative Economy; 4.1 An Introduction to Fan Township; 4.1.1 Market Penetration in Fan Township; 4.1.2 The Emergence of the New Cooperative Economy; 4.1.3 An Introduction to the New Cooperative Economy; 4.1.3.1 The Structure of the New Cooperative Economy; 4.2 Peasants' Lives in the New Cooperative Economy; 4.2.1 The Sources of Earnings of Peasants; 4.2.2 The Welfare of Rural Fan Township |
| Summary |
This study focuses on the effects of market reform on the life chances of rural people in China. Based on comparative ethnographical evidence from three townships of rural Guangdong province, this book provides a more recent and detailed story about the social inequality in rural China, a further explanation for the institutional analysis on the social stratification of China, a new typology of the developmental results, and the changing roles of political elite of rural china |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
"Translated from the Chinese language edition." |
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Rural development -- China -- 21st century
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Social stratification -- China -- 21st century
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Markets -- China
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Rural.
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Social sciences
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Political science
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Economic history
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Markets
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Rural conditions
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Rural development
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Social stratification
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China -- Rural conditions -- 21st century
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Guangdong Sheng (China) -- Rural conditions
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Guangdong Sheng (China) -- Economic conditions
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China
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China -- Guangdong Sheng
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783662450468 |
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3662450461 |
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3662450453 |
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9783662450451 |
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