Freeing China's farmers
Subtitle: rural restructuring in the reform era
By: David Zweig.
Series: Socialism and social movements
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Armonk, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: Rural development -- China.; Land reform -- China.; China -- Rural conditions.
Description: A comprehensive analysis of China's rural reforms, this book links local experiences to national policy, showing the dynamic tension in the reform process among state policy, local cadre power and self-interest, and the peasants' search for economic growth.

Twelve articles, ranging from personal on-site observations of early resistance to reform by suburban cadres and peasants in Nanjing to field research in export-oriented communities on the Yangzi River in 1991-92, cover key topics: the responsibility system, privatization and changing property rights, industrialization, social conflict, cadre corruption, urban-rural relations, conflict over land, rural urbanization, and the impact of globalization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"An East gate book."