China's peasant agriculture and rural society : changing paradigms of farming / edited by Jan Douwe van der Ploeg and Jingzhong Ye.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ploeg, Jan Douwe van der, 1950- editor.

Ye, Jingzhong, editor.

Series:

Routledge contemporary China series ; 149.

Routledge contemporary China series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasants--China.

Peasants.

Rural population.

China.

Farmers--China.

Farmers.

Rural population--China.

Agriculture--China.

Agriculture.

Rural development--China.

Rural development.

China--Rural conditions.

Rural conditions.

Physical Description:

vi, 289 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

China's agriculture and rural society has undergone rapid changes in recent years. Many poorer farmers and younger people have moved to cities, and yet China has an immense challenge to feed a growing and more affluent population. This book provides a 'bottom-up view' of China's agriculture showing how the many millions of Chinese peasants make a living. China's Peasant Agriculture and Rural society provides a vivid description of the mechanisms used by rural households to defend and sustain their livelihoods, increase their agricultural production and improve the quality of their lives. The authors examine the newly emerging trajectories of entrepreneurial and capitalist farming and assess whether such alternatives will be able to meet the enormous social, economic and environmental challenges that China faces. The book also explores the paradigm that has underpinned the organization and development of China's agriculture from ancient times to the present day. This shows the importance of balancing in the Chinese model as compared to the one-sided imposition of continual modernization in the western model. It is argued that such balancing is at the core of the current Sannong policy, referring to the three ruralities of food sovereignty, well-being for peasant households and an attractive countryside. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The conundrum of Chinese agriculture / Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg Ploeg, Jan Douwe Van Der, Ye Jingzhong Jingzhong, Ye 1

2 The circularity of town-countryside relations and multiple job holding / Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg Ploeg, Jan Douwe Van Der, Ye Jixgzhong Jixgzhong, Ye 25

3 Man and the land: the social organization of farming / Jan Douwe Vax Der Ploeg Ploeg, Jan Douwe Vax Der, Ye Jingzhong Jingzhong, Ye, Pan Lu Lu, Pan 45

4 Peasant-managed agricultural growth / Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg Ploeg, Jan Douwe Van Der, Ye Jingzhong Jingzhong, Ye, Wu Huifang Huifang, Wu, Wang Chunyu Chunyu, Wang 66

5 Entrepreneurial trajectories? / Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg Ploeg, Jan Douwe Van Der, Ye Jixgzhong Jixgzhong, Ye, Zhao Yong Yong, Zhao, Pan Lu Lu, Pan 85

6 The rise of capitalist modes of farming / Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg Ploeg, Jan Douwe Van Der, Ye Jingzhong Jingzhong, Ye 107

7 Reinventing peasant farming / Jan Douwe Vax Der Plobg Plobg, Jan Douwe Vax Der, Ye Jingzhong Jingzhong, Ye, Wu Huifang Huifang, Wu 130

8 Rural women: glimpses of empowerment? / Xiandan Meng Meng, Xiandan, Sabine De Rooij Rooij, Sabine De, Tax Douwe Van Der Ploeg Ploeg, Tax Douwe Van Der 154

9 The young and the rural / Sabine De Rooij Rooij, Sabine De, Wu Hcifang Hcifang, Wu, Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg Ploeg, Jan Douwe Van Der 176

10 Markets / Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg Ploeg, Jan Douwe Van Der, Wu Huifang Huifang, Wu, He Congzhi Congzhi, He 199

11 The relevance of the Chinese experience / Jan Douwe van Der Ploeg Ploeg, Jan Douwe van Der 222

12 Putting the jigsaw together: a return to paradigmatic issues / Jan Douwe Van Der Ploeg Ploeg, Jan Douwe Van Der, Ye Jingzhong Jingzhong, Ye 238.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138187177

1138187178

OCLC:

930255524