Organizing rural China, rural China organizing / edited by Ane Bislev and Stig Thøgersen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bislev, Ane.

Thøgersen, Stig.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Village communities--China.

Village communities.

China.

Villages--China.

Villages.

Rural development--Government policy--China.

Rural development.

Rural development--Government policy.

China--Rural conditions.

Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 240 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2012.

Summary:

During the early 1980s, China embarked on what can be seen as one of the world's largest social experiments ever, when privatization, marketization, and increased geographical mobility started tearing apart the economic and social institutions that had structured collective village life under Mao. The focus of this book is on how rural society has been reorganized after decollectivization. The first chapters outline the basic organizational structure of rural China and can be used as an introduction to the topic in a classroom setting, while the second section presents case studies of institutions that organize key aspects of rural life. The book is of theoretical interest because of its focus on the reintegration of individuals into new types of collectivities, which are less predetermined by tradition and habit and more a matter of perceived individual choice. Its vivid examples from daily life will make it attractive to anyone who wants to understand how Chinese villagers experience the extraordinary social changes they are going through. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Organizing Rural China-Rural China Organizing / Stig Thogersen Thogersen, Stig, Ane Bislev Bislev, Ane 1

Part 1 Political Framework, Discourses, and Experiments

2 Continuity and Change in Rural China's Organization / Jonathan Unger Unger, Jonathan 15

3 Organizing Rural China: Political and Academic Discourses / Stig Thøgersen Thøgersen, Stig 35

4 Government Propaganda and the Organization of Rural China / Christian Göbel Göbel, Christian 51

5 Stitching It All Back Up: The Role of Sent-down Cadres in Rural Community Building / Unn Målfrid H. Rolandsen Rolandsen, Unn Målfrid H. 69

6 Reorganizing Rural China from the Bottom: A Discussion of Recent Experiments with Rural Reconstruction / Ma Hua andXu Yong Yong, Ma Hua andXu 85

7 Governing China's Failed Villages: Between a "Weak State" and a Fragmented Society / Liu Yiqiang Yiqiang, Liu 103

Part 2 Local Actors and Practices

8 Learning to Organize and to be Organized: Student Cadres in a Chinese Rural Boarding School / Mette Halskov Hansen Hansen, Mette Halskov 125

9 Organizing Rural Health Care / Mikkel Bunkenborg Bunkenborg, Mikkel 141

10 Lineages and the State: Re-inventing Lineages and Ancestor Ceremonies as Cultural Heritage / Marina Svensson Svensson, Marina 157

11 Native Place in Cyberspace: The Civic Engagement of a Cyber Community / Cuiming Pang Pang, Cuiming 173

12 Embedded Microcredit-Creating Village Cohesion on the Basis of Existing Social Networks / Ane Bislev Bislev, Ane 189

13 A Value Chain Gone Awry: Implications of the "Tainted Milk Scandal" in 2008 for Political and Social Organization in Rural China / Jørgen Delman Delman, Jørgen, Yang Minghong Minghong, Yang 205

14 Modern/Rural China: State Institutions and Village Values / Vivienne Shue Shue, Vivienne 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739170090

0739170090

9780739170106

0739170104

OCLC:

774147838