Biliang Hu

Informal Institutions and Rural Development in China

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Providing an account of the role of informal institutions in Chinese rural development, this book puts forth a distinctive argument on a very important topic in Chinese economic and social affairs. Winner of the 2008 Zhang Peigang Development Economics Award

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780415542852
• ISBN-10: 0415542855
• Artikelnr.: 35456566

Autorenporträt

Biliang Hu is Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Senior Research Fellow of the Academy's Rural Development Institute. He received his Doctorate of Economics from the School of Economics and Management, Witten/Herdecke University in Germany. His main academic interests are in institutional analysis in relation to village governance and rural development.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Background of the Study 2. Village Trust, Guanxi Community
and IVWC Governance: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Informal
Institutional Analysis in Rural China 3. Indigenous Conceptions of Networks
4. Selection of Research Areas 5. Village Trust and Bidding ROSCAs 6.
Guanxi Community and People's Mobility 7. Guanxi Community and Township
Enterprise Development in China 8. Institution of 'Integrating Village with
Company' (IVWC) and Rural Community Development 9. Conclusion: Integration
of Tradition and Modernity - Towards Understanding Institutional
Arrangements in China's Modernization