Transforming Rural China
How Local Institutions Shape Property Rights in China
1st Edition
Published on 9. September 2004
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-415-19672-7 (ISBN)
Description
It is often assumed that privatization leads to profit, and that well-delineated property rights and a strong private sector will help boost an economy. This book investigates the property rights in Chinese enterprises in the reform era, finding that distinction between the public and the private are blurred, that national reform policies are implemented unevenly across the country, and that enterprises owned by local governments, in Shanghai, for example, are actually extremely profitable.
Reviews / Votes
'Hail the brilliance of Chen Chih-jou. He has smashed this common (mis)understanding of China in a book that is nothing short of revolutionary in how we must come to understand China: in disunity' - Asia Times Online'This is one of the most insightful books on contemporary China, and arguably the most important.' - Asia Times Online
'Debates over the role of the local state in China's market transition have generated an important substream of scholarship exploring changes in rural property rights. This book is a welcome contribution to the topic.' - The China Journal
'By taking the issues of location, place and region seriously, the author offers fresh and valuable insights to support what has been written by sociologists and economists. Geographers will be delighted with the argument that place still matters in the current era of globalization...the book stands as an interesting and valuable addition to the literature on the on-going transformation of rural China.' -Pacific Affairs, Vol 78 No 2, Summer 2005 'Hail the brilliance of Chen Chih-jou. He has smashed this common (mis)understanding of China in a book that is nothing short of revolutionary in how we must come to understand China: in disunity' - Asia Times Online
'This is one of the most insightful books on contemporary China, and arguably the most important.' - Asia Times Online
'Debates over the role of the local state in China's market transition have generated an important substream of scholarship exploring changes in rural property rights. This book is a welcome contribution to the topic.' - The China Journal
'Chih-jou jay Chen's recourse to a sociologial approach opens new perspectives for research into the development of property rights as they affect China's rural enterprises.' - China Perspectives
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional
Illustrations
12 s/w Abbildungen, 2 s/w Zeichnungen
2 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
517 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-19672-7 (9780415196727)
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Person
Chih-Jou Jay Chen is Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica
Content
Plates Maps Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Notes from the Field 1. Explaining Property Rights Transformations Part 1: The Yangtze Delta Property Rights Transformations 2. The Yangtze Delta in the Reform Era 3. The Yangtze Delta in the Post-Reform Era 4. Shuang Village: The Case Study Part 2: Southern Fujian Property Rights Transformations 5. Southern Fujian under Economic Reforms 6. Hancun Village: The Case Study 7. Local Institutions and the Future of China