Rural Transformations and Development – China in Context: The Everyday Lives of Policies and People - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849800936 ISBN 13: 9781849800938

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

This unique book explores the varied perspectives on contemporary processes of rural transformation and policy intervention in China.

The expert contributors combine a critical review of current theoretical viewpoints and global debates with a series of case studies that document the specificities of China’s pathways to change. Central issues focus on the dynamics of state–peasant encounters; the diversification of labour and livelihoods; out-migration and the blurring of rural and urban scenarios; the significance of issues of ‘value’ and ‘capital’ and their gender implications; land ownership and sustainable resource management; struggles between administrative cadres and local actors; and the dilemmas of ‘participatory’ development.

Rural Transformations and Development – China in Context will prove a fascinating and stimulating read for academics and researchers in the areas of Asian studies, development and agriculture, and public policy.

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About the Author

Edited by Norman Long, Professor Emeritus, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, Adjunct Professor, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China and Honorary Fellow, White Rose East Asia Centre, University of Leeds, UK, Ye Jingzhong, Professor of Development Studies and Deputy Dean, College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China and Wang Yihuan, Professor of Development Studies, College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849800936
• ISBN 13: 9781849800938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Long Norman, Ye Jingzhong, Wang Yihuan