Rural China : economic and social change in the late twentieth century /

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Author / Creator: Fan, Jie, 1961-
Other Authors / Creators:Heberer, Thomas.
Taubmann, Wolfgang.
Format: Book
Language:English
Imprint: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2006]
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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
  • The 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 Procedure and the Surveyed Zhen
  • Methods in Our Fieldwork Procedures in 1993-1994 and 2000-2001
  • Empirical Problems Especially During Our First Fieldwork Period, 1993-94
  • The 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 Commerical 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
  • Process of Privatization
  • Nationwide 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
  • The Rural Labor Market: Transition from Agriculture to Nonagrarian Sectors
  • Development 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
  • Tax Agreement between Township/Town-Level and County/City-Level Governments
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Processes of Change in Administration and Politics
  • Increasing Economic Factors of Politics: New Functions of the Local Bureaucracy
  • Inflation of Local Bureaucracy
  • Economic Transformation of 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 of the Traditional Party and Administrative Structures
  • Problems of the Local Administration Hierarchy: The Relationships among Counties, Zhen, and Villages
  • County-Zhen Relationship
  • Zhen- Village Relationship
  • 8. Rise of a New Social Stratification and of New Local Elites
  • Stratification
  • New Local Elites
  • Local Elites at the County Level
  • Elites at the Zhen Level
  • Elite at the Village Level
  • Summary
  • 9. Value Change and Interest Articulation
  • Changing Attitudes, Values, and Ideology
  • Attitudes of Staff and Workers in Enterprises at the Zhen-Level
  • Orientation Toward Traditionalism
  • Increasing Potential for Protest and Conflict Among the Peasants
  • Emergence of Interest Associations
  • Significance of Associations
  • Rise of New Interest Groups in China
  • Associations at the County and Zhen Level
  • Summary
  • 10. Summary and Evaluation
  • The Role of Zhen in the Economic Process of Development
  • Stage and Chances for Zhen Development
  • Zhen as Local Labor Markets
  • Zhen and Rural Enterprises
  • Local Administrative Structures
  • Municipal Development and Land Use
  • Processes of Social and Political Change
  • Development of Ownership
  • Economic Transformation of the Bureaucracy
  • New Stratification, Change of Elites
  • Retraditionalism and an Increasing Potential for Conflicts in Rural Areas
  • Change of Values
  • Interest Associations
  • Communalism
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index