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State, Market and Life Chances in Contemporary Rural Chinese Society

Evidence from Guangdong

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Authors:
  1. Nabo Chen

    1. Department of Public Management; School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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  • Depicts in detail the latest story of inequality in the Chinese rural society

  • Further explains the institutional factors affecting the social stratification in China

  • Features comparative ethnographical research methods

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-10

  3. Literature Review and the Framework of the Study

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    Pages 11-39

  4. Market Penetration and the Life Chances of Peasants in Guangdong: An Historical Account

    • Nabo Chen
    Pages 41-76

  5. A New Cooperative Economy

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    Pages 77-107

  6. An Outskirt Economy

    • Nabo Chen
    Pages 109-135

  7. A Local Economy

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    Pages 137-157

  8. Conclusions and Implications

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    Pages 159-174

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 175-179
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About this book

This study focuses on the effects of market reform on the life chances of rural people in China. Based on comparative ethnographical evidence from three townships of rural Guangdong province, this book provides a more recent and detailed story about the social inequality in rural China, a further explanation for the institutional analysis on the social stratification of China, a new typology of the developmental results and the changing roles of political elite of rural china.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Public Management; School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

    Nabo Chen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: State, Market and Life Chances in Contemporary Rural Chinese Society

  • Book Subtitle: Evidence from Guangdong

  • Authors: Nabo Chen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45046-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Central Compilation & Translation Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-45045-1Published: 24 September 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51703-1Published: 23 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-45046-8Published: 14 September 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 179

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Political Science

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