This book, based on in-depth field research at the local level, assesses the different factors that are contributing to the transition to a market economy and the growth of networks in rural China. It analyses the different socio-economic actors - peasant households, out-migrants, family businesses and peasant entrepreneurs, uses the key concept of markets as a nexus of social networks, and identifies three different kinds of 'social capital' - human capital, political capital/status, and network capital. This book demonstrates the importance of socio-political networks and highlights significant regional differences.
Author(s): Hiroshi Sato
Series: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 256
Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of figures......Page 9
List of tables......Page 10
List of maps......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 13
1 Introduction and overview......Page 18
2 Network capital, political capital and the bazaar economy in Yunnan......Page 42
3 TVE reform and patron–client networks between peasant entrepreneurs and the local goverenment......Page 68
4 Migration, the job search and social networks'......Page 108
5 How does local government mobilize social networks?......Page 133
6 Income generation and access to economic opportunities......Page 164
7 The continuity and vitality of small peasant households......Page 186
8 Concluding remarks......Page 210
ppendix A Survey areas......Page 217
Appendix B Glossary of Chinese terms......Page 224
Notes......Page 231
Bibliography......Page 240
Index......Page 251
