Socialism in the Chinese Countryside: Rural Societal Policies in the People's Republic of China 1949-1979 - Hardcover

Domes, Jürgen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773505326 ISBN 13: 9780773505322

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1980

Synopsis

A study of rural societal policies in the People's Republic of China since 1949. The book presents a narrative of the development of agricultural policies in China from the land reform of 1950-3 to the present, emphasizing the organizational structures and the social implications of agricultural, collectivisation in co-operatives and communes. Rural, societal policies are analysed in the context of intra-party conflicts since the late 1950s. In the conclusion, an attempt is made to evaluate the social and economic performance of rural policies in the PRC during the last three decades.

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About the Author

Jürgen Domes (1932-2001), was from 1967 to 1975 Director of the Research Unit for Chinese and East Asian Politics at the Free University of Berlin, and from 1969 Professor of Political Science. In 1975 he became Professor and Director of a similar, newly-

Edition details

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773505326
• ISBN 13: 9780773505322
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 206