A study of how China’s changing economy may leave its rural communities in the dust and launch a political and economic disaster. As the glittering skyline in

The prosperity of China’s people has advanced very much in recent decades. However, in many respects China is still a developing country, and this is especial

This edited volume examines regional differences in social structure in rural China and elaborates the characteristics, reasons and practical implications to po

As China strives to achieve nothing less than a 'harmonious society' - despite the pronounced and institutionalized class structure that divides rural Chinese f

The aim of this volume is to understand the forces and processes in local and rural society in China, seeing the local levels of government in rural areas (vill