Explores the economic, social and financial changes that have transformed China's rural governance over the past twenty years.

The rapid marketization of rural labor, agricultural products, and land has dramatically reshaped village life and its structures of governance. This volume, ed

Here, Professor Unger presents a vivid picture of life in rural areas during the Maoist revolution, and then after the post-Mao disbandment of the collectives.

This study focuses upon governance and social organisation within the Chinese village and explores the extent to which farmers have autonomy vis-à-vis their ec

China has achieved significant socio-economic progress and has become a key player on the international stage after several decades of open-door and reform poli