ISBN:
9780765608185
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (369 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Rural China: Economic and Social Change in the Late Twentieth Century
DDC:
306.0951091734
Keywords:
China ; Rural conditions
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China ; Social conditions ; 1976-2000
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Maps; Preface; 1. Introduction; Distinct Features of the Process of Change; Social Change; 2. Zhen Settlements: Between Urban and Rural; Preconditions for the Designation of Zhen; Development of the Number of Zhen; Definition and Development of the Urban Population in Zhen; Perspectives on the Process of Urbanization and the Functions of Zhen; 3. Field Research: Fieldwork Procedures and the Surveyed Zhen; Methods in Our Fieldwork Procedures in 1993-1994 and 2000-2001
Description / Table of Contents:
Empirical Problems, Especially During Our First Fieldwork Period, 1993-1994The 1993-1994 and 2000-2001 Case Studies: Zhen Regional Conditions of Development; 4. Settlements and Population; Development of Settlements, Infrastructure, and Public and Commercial Institutions; Development of Settlements, Land Utilization, and Infrastructure; Public and Commercial Institutions; Population Growth and Migration; Development of Population and Migration in Chinese Zhen; Population Development and Migration in the Selected Zhen; Summary; 5. Economic Structures and Economic Change
Description / Table of Contents:
Process of PrivatizationNationwide Development; Private Sector in the Regions Studied in 1993-1994; Structure of Ownership in Rural Areas in the Mid-1990s; Summary; Rural Collective and Private Enterprises; Development and Regional Structure of Rural Enterprises; Township and Village Enterprises; Development and Situation of Zhen-Owned, Village-Owned, and Private Enterprises in the Analyzed Zhen; Summary; The Regional Labor Market in Relation to Rural Collective and Private Enterprises: Results from Our Case Studies, 1993-1994 and 2000-2001
Description / Table of Contents:
The Rural Labor Market: Transition from Agriculture to Nonagrarian SectorsDevelopment of Employment: Origin and Engagement of the Workforce; Composition of the Workforce: Age, Gender, and Qualifications; Situation of Employment, Social Security, and Living Conditions; Summary; 6. Finance System and Development of Rural Towns (Zhen); Introduction; Local Budget and Taxes: An Overview; Township- and Town-Level Revenues and Expenditures: Empirical Data of the Analyzed Zhen; Structural Problems of the Towns' and Townships' Public Budgets
Description / Table of Contents:
Tax Agreement between Township/Town-Level and County/City-Level GovernmentsConclusion; 7. Processes of Change in Administration and Politics; Increasing Economic Factors of Politics: New Functions of the Local Bureaucracy; Inflation of the Local Bureaucracy; Economic Transformation of the Bureaucracy; Administration at the County, Zhen, and Village Levels; Cadre System; Administration at the County Level; Administration at the Zhen Level; Administration at the Village Level; Problems and Changes in the Traditional Party and Administrative Structures
Description / Table of Contents:
Problems of the Local Administrative Hierarchy: The Relationships among Counties, Zhen, and Villages
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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