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