"A distinctive and important contribution."—Thomas P. Bernstein, author of Up to the Mountains and Down to the Villages

How can the poor and weak 'work' a political system to their advantage? Drawing mainly on interviews and surveys in rural China, Kevin O'Brien and Lianjiang Li

This collection of papers presented at an international conference in 1987 provides a comprehensive analysis of China's booming rural non-state industrial secto

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

Everyday life in contemporary rural China is characterized by an increased sense of moral challenge and uncertainty. Ordinary people often find themselves caugh