Institutions in transition : land ownership, property rights, and social conflict in China / Peter Ho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ho, Peter, 1968-

Series:

Studies on contemporary China.

Studies on contemporary China

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--Social aspects--China.

Land tenure.

Social conflict--China.

Social conflict.

New business enterprises--China.

New business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

China's urban sprawl has led to serious social cleavages. Unclear land and property rights have resulted in an uneasy alliance between real estate companies and local authorities, with most willing to strike illegal deals over land. The results have been devastating. Farmers live in fear that the land they till today will be gone tomorrow, while urban citizens are regularly evicted from their homes to make way for new skyscrapers and highways.These shocking incidents underscore the urgency of the land question in China. The recent conviction of the Chinese Minister for Land Resources and the f

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Plates; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Credibility of Agricultural Land Tenure, or Why Intentional Institutional Ambiguity Might Work; 2. Why the Village Has No Power: Land Ownership Disputes and Customary Tenure; 3. Governing China's Grasslands: The Creation of Empty Institutions; 4. Contested Spaces: Forest Rights, Registration, and Social Conflict; 5. Going, Going, Gone! The Four Wastelands Auction Policy; 6. Between Nationalization and Privatization: Common Property as the Third Way?; Annexe: Two Lea.ets

Summary and Concluding Observations: The Political Economy of TransitionAppendix A: Title of Land Ownership of Two Villages; Appendix B: Record of Land Dispute Between State Forest Farm and Village; Appendix C: Title of Land Ownership of a Village School; Appendix D: Title of Land Ownership of a Brick Kiln; Appendix E: 'Second Round' Land Lease for Household (copy for farmer); Appendix F: 'Second Round' Land Lease for Household (copy for village committee); Appendix G: Contract of Mountain [Forest] Responsibility Land; Appendix H: Wasteland Contract of Changcheng Village

Appendix I: Wasteland Contract of Guanting VillageAppendix J: Hand-Written Contract of Village Land Transfer to a Company; Appendix K: Hand-Written Pasture Boundary Agreement (no map included); Appendix L: Pasture Use Contract for a Village; Appendix M: Pasture Use Contract for a Household; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-153574-5

1-4356-1940-4

9786611190897

1-281-19089-6

OCLC:

190930524