Rural Transformations and Development - China in Context: The Everyday Lives of Policies and People

ISBN-13: 9781849800938 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 408 str.

Norman Long;Jingzhong Ye;Yihuan Wang

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This unique book explores the varied perspectives on contemporary processes of rural transformation and policy intervention in China. The expert contributors combine a critical review of current theoretical viewpoints and global debates with a series of case studies that document the specificities of China's pathways to change. Central issues focus on the dynamics of state-peasant encounters; the diversification of labour and livelihoods; out-migration and the blurring of rural and urban scenarios; the significance of issues of 'value' and 'capital' and their gender implications; land ownership and sustainable resource management; struggles between administrative cadres and local actors; and the dilemmas of 'participatory' development.