Capitalization without Proletarianization in China’s Agricultural Development
Marxist as well as classical and neo-liberal theories expect that the development of capitalist agriculture will be accompanied by the spread of an agricultural proletariat. That was what happened in eighteenth-century England; it is also what is happening in contemporary India. This article asks, first of all: just what is the size of China’s present [...]
Read moreFrom Predator to Debtor : The Soft Budget Constraint and Semi- Planned Administration in Rural China
This article explores the institutions of the Chinese semi-planned administration under which the grassroots role of debtors has loomed large and made possible the transition of grassroots cadres from predators to debtors. The institutional features of the semi-panned administration—the institution of target responsibility, the legacy of cost shifting, and the paternalistic care provided by the [...]
Read moreNew and Old Diversities in Contemporary China: Editors’ Introduction
New and Old Diversities in Contemporary China: Editors’ Introduction
What Determines Migrant Workers’ Life Chances in Contemporary China? Hukou, Social Exclusion, and the Market
Chongqing: Equitable Development Driven by a "Third Hand"?
