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Record Nr.

UNINA9910165139703321

Autore

Zhao Shukai

Titolo

Regeneration of Peasants / / by Shukai Zhao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-3314-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 211 p. 2 illus.)

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Sociology

Social policy

Political science

Sociology, general

Social Policy

Political Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Chapter 1: Peasants and the Central Government -- Chapter 2: Peasants and the Local Government -- Chapter 3: Peasants and Rural Democratization -- Chapter 4: Peasants and Social Construction -- Chapter 5: Peasants and Local Government Officials.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on analyzing the inter-relationship between Chinese peasants and the reform and it tries to understand the conditions of peasants during the course of the Chinese social transition. This book argues that Chinese peasants are the most important force that keeps the reform going. More importantly, this book argues that this force comes from the peasants’ pursuit of their own social, political and economic interest, not some spontaneous demand for “reform” itself. This inherent relationship between the peasants and the reform is summarized into five major relationships: the inter-relationship between peasants and the central government; between peasants and local government; between peasants and rural democratization; between peasants and social constructions; and between peasants and local officials. These five inter-relationships are the prime mechanism for the interaction between Chinese peasants and the reform, and these forms the basis for understanding and analyzing the inter-relationship



between the state and peasants.  .