China's Rural Development Policy: Exploring the New Socialist Countryside - Hardcover

Su, Minzi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1935049062 ISBN 13: 9781935049067

Publisher: Lynne Rienner, 2009

Synopsis

As China strives to achieve nothing less than a 'harmonious society' - despite the pronounced and institutionalized class structure that divides rural Chinese from urban, eastern from western, and rich from poor - a key element of that effort is a 'new socialist countryside'. Minzi Su assesses the prospects for China's rural revitalization programs now in their initial stages. Su draws on her extensive, front-line field research to discover precisely why Beijing's rural development polices, though helping many, have thus far bypassed hundreds of millions of farm households. Not least, she also identifies the capacities and political-economic conditions that hold the greatest promise for successful policy implementation. This book assesses the prospects for the rural revitalization programs that are a key element of China's quest for a 'harmonious society'.

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About the Author

Minzi Su is assistant professor in the College of Public Service and Urban Affairs at Tennessee State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lynne Rienner
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935049062
• ISBN 13: 9781935049067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280