Explores the economic, social and financial changes that have transformed China's rural governance over the past twenty years.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The changing foundations of Communist rule in China's rural society -- 3. The 1994 tax reform and rural fiscal crises -- 4. The township in the era of reform -- 5. The mechanisms of political power in villages -- 6. Village finance: its deterioration and consequences -- 7. The abolition of agricultural taxes and village governance -- 8. Transformed peasant society and re-alignment in rural politics -- 9. Entrepreneur cadres as new rural ruling elites -- 10. Prospects for China's rural governance -- Appendices.
Local Note
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America