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Revisiting a dramatic triangle: the state, villagers, and social activists in Chinese rural reconstruction projects
Wiederkehr eines dramatischen Dreiecks: Staat, Dorfbewohner und soziale Aktivisten in landwirtschaftlichen Reorganisationsprojekten Chinas
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Abstract As part of the movement to "construct a new socialist countryside", Chinese officials and social activists are experimenting with transforming rural social and economic relations. They often draw on discourses dating back to the Rural Reconstruction Movement of the 1920s and 1930s, which saw urban i... view more
As part of the movement to "construct a new socialist countryside", Chinese officials and social activists are experimenting with transforming rural social and economic relations. They often draw on discourses dating back to the Rural Reconstruction Movement of the 1920s and 1930s, which saw urban intellectuals making similar efforts to modernize the villages and their inhabitants. This paper analyses the different types of relationships between the state, social activists, and villagers in a number of rural reconstruction projects. The state is still the major player in this field, but traditional top-down procedures are often perceived to be unproductive when it comes to micro-level community building, so state actors are forced to find allies among village elites and social activists.... view less
Keywords
project; rural population; national state; agricultural development; non-governmental organization; political activity; reorganization; rural development; agricultural policy; agrarian reform; China
Classification
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
political science; rural development; agriculture policy; agricultural reforms; contemporary; rural reconstruction projects
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 9-33
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 38 (2009) 4
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works