From Heaven to Earth - Images and Experiences of Development in China (Paperback, New)

Much has been written on China's peasant revolution, less has been written of the peasant experience of reform. Since 1979, when the first major reforms were introduced into China's villages, there have been many shifts and changes in the translation and practice of reform policies. Consequently, many of the initial assumptions and judgements made by observers, analysts and participants have been modified over the years. It is not so much that the implications of the reforms for lives, practices and policies have become clearer, as that they have become increasingly paradoxical and various. Elisabeth Croll examines the images, policies and experiences of development, and links the peasants' experience of revolution and reform with their conceptualizations of time and change. She combines a study of the dreams of development as sets of rhetorical lens - through which peasant populations perceive collective family and individual experiences - with an analysis of rural development policies and reforms at the centre of which lies the peasant household. She also examines the new and recent desires which motivate peasant households in China.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1993
First published:	1994
Authors:	Elizabeth Croll
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-10187-5
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General
LSN:	0-415-10187-5
Barcode:	9780415101875

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