Transforming Rural China

It is often assumed that privatization leads to profit, and that well-delineated property rights and a strong private sector will help boost an economy. This book investigates the property rights in Chinese enterprises in the reform era, finding that distinction between the public and the private are blurred, that national reform policies are implemented unevenly across the country, and that enterprises owned by local governments, in Shanghai, for example, are actually extremely profitable.

Chih-Jou Jay Chen is Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica

Plates Maps Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Notes from the Field 1. Explaining Property Rights Transformations Part 1: The Yangtze Delta Property Rights Transformations 2. The Yangtze Delta in the Reform Era 3. The Yangtze Delta in the Post-Reform Era 4. Shuang Village: The Case Study Part 2: Southern Fujian Property Rights Transformations 5. Southern Fujian under Economic Reforms 6. Hancun Village: The Case Study 7. Local Institutions and the Future of China