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New and Old Diversities in Contemporary China: Editors’ Introduction

Frank N. Pieke, Elena Barabantseva<br />Jan 1, 2012; 38:3-9<br /> Go to Source

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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 [...]

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From 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 [...]

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What Determines Migrant Workers’ Life Chances in Contemporary China? Hukou, Social Exclusion, and the Market

Shaohua Zhan<br />May 1, 2011; 37:243-285<br /> Go to Source

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Chongqing: Equitable Development Driven by a "Third Hand"?

Philip C. C. Huang<br />Nov 1, 2011; 37:569-622<br /> Go to Source

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Chongqing–China’s New Experiment: Editor’s Foreword

Philip C. C. Huang<br />Nov 1, 2011; 37:567-568<br />Editorial Go to Source

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Paved with Good Intentions: Proposals to Curb Minority Rights and Their Consequences for China

Since 2004, academics concerned about a prospective fracturing of China’s territory have advanced proposals to phase out ethnic regional autonomy, preferential policies, and other minority rights. Riots in Lhasa, Tibet, in 2008 and Urumqi, Xinjiang, in 2009 gave greater impetus to the proposals, as they moved from academic to wider circles and complaints about preferential [...]

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