Rural roots of reform before China's conservative change / Lynn T. White III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Lynn T., III, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decentralization in government--China.

Decentralization in government.

Central-local government relations--China.

Central-local government relations.

China.

Local government--China.

Local government.

Agriculture and state--China.

Agriculture and state.

Economic development--China.

Economic development.

China--Politics and government--1976-2002.

Politics and government.

China--Politics and government--2002-.

Physical Description:

xxix, 380 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Contents:

Prologue : local-political growth, behavioral periodization, policy reactions

Farmers start the end of the centralist revolution

Ex-peasant industrialists end most socialist planning

Varied managers reform China's power structure

Countryside businesspeople modernize China's markets

Rural leaders beat urban planners

Tax collectors and subsidizers shape central-local relations

Budgeteers face the 1980s crisis

Owners manage urban corruptions and companies

Bankers arrange credit, savings, and depreciation

Technicians innovate to sell quality products

Long-distance traders and Jiangnan regionalists create new markets

Service providers rule collective and private enterprises

Migrants staff China's reform economy

Epilogue : local and medial powers, not just central powers, situations, not just Ideas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780815371045

0815371047

9780815371052

0815371055

OCLC:

1030446952