Following China's successful decollectivization, diverse new organizational forms arose in response to different local situations. The contributors dissect the relationships among the emerging class of entrepreneurs, local officials, and their family members and associates.
Following China's successful decollectivization, diverse new organizational forms arose in response to different local situations. The contributors di...
In this book a multi-disciplinary team of experts from around the world studies the environmental challenge posed by China's phenomenal economic growth.
An exploration of the environmental challenge posed by China's phenomenal economic growth.
Written by a multi-disciplinary team of experts from around the world.
Argues that China's development poses the greatest ever challenge for the modern world in terms of speed, size and resource scarcity.
Discusses issues such as cleaner production, green car technology, resettlement...
In this book a multi-disciplinary team of experts from around the world studies the environmental challenge posed by China's phenomenal economic growt...
Dr Vermeer's study of the economic development on Central Shaanxi province from 1930 until 1988, when this was first published, illustrates the effects of famine, war and construction under Chinese communism. It focuses in particular on the organisational and technical potential of agriculture and industry to make use of the natural advantages of the region. Modernisation in Shaanxi was brought in from outside, with a dominant role for government institutions, and rapidly transformed the face of country and city. The book portrays the growing pains of a frontier economy, examining such...
Dr Vermeer's study of the economic development on Central Shaanxi province from 1930 until 1988, when this was first published, illustrates the effect...