152 Pages
by
Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
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This two-volume set examines the process of rural integration in modern China. In short, this is how the state penetrates the countryside and transforms the rural population, thus consolidating the foundation of modern state governance. Drawing on contemporary examples of state integration while observing the background of traditional China, this book systematically examines the entire process... Read more
1. Planning, Market, and Service: Rural Economic Consolidation 2. Extraction, Distribution, and Investment: Rural Fiscal Integration 3. Propaganda, Education, and Literature: Cultural Integration in the Countryside 4. Class, Collective, and Community: Rural Social Consolidation 5. Consumption, Fertility, and Health: Life Integration in Rural Society 6. Discourse, Transportation, and Information: Rural Technological Consolidation 7. Conclusion 8. Epilogue
Biography
Xu Yong is Professor at Central China Normal University who currently serves as Chief of its Political Science Department. He has been devoted to the research of rural China and Chinese politics and has had a significant influence on the research on the relationship between the state and the country based on field study. His representative works include Unbalanced Chinese Politics: A Comparison of City and Country (1992), Villager Autonomy in Rural China (1997), and The State: In the Change of Social Relations (Volume I and II) (2020).
