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"In Accordance with Local Conditions": Policy Design and Implementation of Agrarian Change Policies in Rural China
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Abstract An important part of Beijing’s strategy to reduce the welfare gap between urban and rural parts of China has been the promotion of urbanisation. Replacing peasant agriculture with commercial operations of scale is an integral part of this endeavour. This article analyses the implementation of polici... view more
An important part of Beijing’s strategy to reduce the welfare gap between urban and rural parts of China has been the promotion of urbanisation. Replacing peasant agriculture with commercial operations of scale is an integral part of this endeavour. This article analyses the implementation of policies meant to transform the structure of Chinese agriculture. It argues that the central government is using a set of very flexible policies, project-based implementation and adaption to local conditions to guide and support an existing dynamic of structural transformation in agriculture. Local governments, in turn, appreciate the flexibility, the political predictability, the potential revenue improvements and the cognitive framework inherent in these programmes. The article is primarily based on interviews with leading cadres at the township and county levels in the provinces of Shandong, Sichuan and Guizhou between 2008 and 2010. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
China; rural area; rural development; social change; combating poverty; social inequality; social policy; economic policy; urbanization; agricultural development; agricultural policy; political economy; standard of living; Far East
Classification
Rural Sociology
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 141-168
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 45 (2016) 1
Issue topic
Policy Implementation in the New Socialist Countryside
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed