Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
7-2008
Abstract
The article discusses the agricultural transformation taking place in the rural areas of China. Details about the Chinese laws regarding rural reform and the effect they have had on rural Chinese farmers and families are included. The authors examine the expansion of agrarian capitalism in China and describe the rise of agribusiness in rural Chinese areas. The practices of Chinese agribusinesses and the Chinese land rights laws are explored. The relationships between individual farmers and agribusinesses is also examined.
Keywords
agriculture and state, rural population, China, agrarian capitalism, agribusiness, Chinese farmers
Discipline
Agribusiness | Asian Studies | Political Economy | Rural Sociology
Research Areas
Sociology; Political Science
Publication
China Journal
Issue
60
First Page
25
Last Page
47
ISSN
1324-9347
Identifier
10.1086/tcj.60.20647987
Publisher
University of Chicago
Citation
ZHANG, Qian Forrest, & DONALDSON, John A..(2008). The Rise of Agrarian Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Agricultural Modernization, Agribusiness and Collective Land Rights. China Journal, (60), 25-47.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/632
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1086/tcj.60.20647987
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