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Vital factors for Chinese rural development: the reach of the state and lineage identity in villages

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This paper, by a case study of Gao Village, examines how two factors, i.e. lineage identity and the reach of the state, impact on local governance in rural China. The paper argues that the withdrawal of the state was detrimental to local governance in the first 20 or so years of post-Mao rural China. With the abolition of agricultural tax and various levies, and the introduction of rural subsidies, rural healthcare and medical care insurances and some investment in rural infrastructure since the beginning of the twenty-first century the return of the state has improved local governance. The paper also argues that the restoration, and in many ways the reinventing, of Chinese tradition of lineage identity makes village elections difficult to be accountable.

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  • Mobo C. F. Gao, 2017. "Vital factors for Chinese rural development: the reach of the state and lineage identity in villages," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(4), pages 547-559, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjapxx:v:22:y:2017:i:4:p:547-559
    DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2017.1307022
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    1. Lu, Jie, 2015. "Varieties of Governance in China: Migration and Institutional Change in Chinese Villages," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199378746.
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    1. Quanfeng Li & Zhe Dong & Guoming Du & Aizheng Yang, 2021. "Spatial Differentiation of Cultivated Land Use Intensification in Village Settings: A Survey of Typical Chinese Villages," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-18, March.
    2. Longjiao Wen & Zhenzhen Liu & Zhifeng Gao & Saeid Khanjari, 2022. "Evolutionary Path and Mechanism of Village Revitalization: A Case Study of Yuejin Village, Jiangsu, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-20, July.

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