By Qiusha Ma

Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

• ISBN: 978-0-415-54672-0
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 04/15/2009
• Pages: 258

About the Book

In the first systematic documentation of the pattern and processes of land development taking place in China in the last two decades George C.S Lin advocates a fresh and innovative approach that goes beyond the privatization debate to probe directly into the social and political origins of land development. He demonstrates the special and paradoxical nature of China’s land development and challenges the perceived notion of a causal relationship between property rights definition, efficient land use, and sustained economic growth.

In contrast to the existing literature in which changes in urban and rural land are treated separately, the rural-urban interface is shown to be the most significant and contentious locus of land development where competition for land has been intensified and social conflicts frequently erupted.

Theoretically provocative and empirically well-grounded, Developing China provides a systematic, insightful, and authoritative account of the enormous development of China’s precious land resources. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars, students, and professional practitioners in the fields of development studies, political economy, regional political ecology, planning, economics, geography, land use management, and sustainable development with a special focus on contemporary China under market transition.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Western Theories vs. Chinese Reality NGOs with Chinese Characteristics Chapter Outlines and Methodology 1. In Search of Civil Society in China: Theoretical and Historical Discourses Chinese Intellectuals’ Debates over Civil Society in the 1990s Evolution of Civil Society in Late Qing and Early Republic China 2. “Small Government, Big Society”: The Government’s NGO Policy and Its Dilemma The Government’s Motives for Promoting NGOs China’s Registration-Regulation of NGOs Since the late 1970s: Major Features Contradictions in the Government’s NGO Policy 3. NGO Landscape in China: Classification, Scope, and Autonomy Defining NGOs in China: Classification and Terminology Analyses of Chinese NGO Growth NGO-Government Relations in China: How Much Autonomy? 4. Social Capital: The Significance and Dynamics of Grassroots NGOs and Social Networks The Concept of Social Capital and its Application in China The Significance of Grassroots Organizations Dynamics and Leadership of Chinese NGOs: the Role of Chinese Intellectuals 5. Civil Society vs. Corporatism: NGOs in Economic Realm Simultaneous Development of Corporatism and Civil Society Four Categories of Top-Down Associations Bottom-Up Pattern: The Chambers of Commerce in Wenzhou 6. “It Takes Two to Tangle”: International NGOs in China and their Impacts The Impact of Globalization and Global Civil Society on China Chinese Government’s Policy towards INGOs The Current State of International NGOs in China The Role of International NGOs in China Limitations of INGOs’ Efforts in China Conclusion The Major Forces Promoting Chinese NGOs Changes in Associational Landscape in China NGOs Facilitating Civil Society in China Bibliography Index

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