China's Rural Development Policy: Exploring the "New Socialist Countryside"
Minzi Su | | ISBN: 978-1-935049-06-7 $72.00 |
2009/313 pages/LC: 2009013942
A FirstForumPress Book |
DESCRIPTION
As China strives to achieve nothing less than a "harmonious society"—despite the pronounced and institutionalized class structure that divides rural Chinese from urban, eastern from western, and rich from poor— a key element of that effort is a "new socialist countryside." Minzi Su assesses the prospects for China's rural revitalization programs now in their initial stages.
Su draws on her extensive, front-line field research to discover precisely why Beijing's rural development policies, though helping many, have thus far bypassed hundreds of millions of farm households. Not least, she also identifies the capacities and political-economic conditions that hold the greatest promise for successful policy implementation.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Minzi Su is assistant professor in the College of Public Service and Urban Affairs at Tennessee State University
CONTENTS
- Introduction.
- The Evolution of China's Rural Development Policy.
- Local Government in Action.
- Rural Life.
- New Rural Development Strategies.
- Eight Case Studies.
- What’s Working, What Isn't.
- Conclusion.
"This deeply researched study affords a balanced view of where and how government policies have been in touch with farmers’ needs or out of touch with farming realities. Su provides much food for thought about development policymaking and rural capacity-building in a country where all generalizations fail."—Mel Gurtov, Portland State University