Dev Nathan, Govind Kelkar
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The growth of the Chinese economy in the last decade or so has attracted a lot of analytical attention. This report addresses the functioning of colle
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ctives in a market system, specifically the village of Nanjie in Henan Province, which had recollectivized, and the village of Liuminying, near Beijing, which had never decollectivized. The authors briefly introduce these villages, as well as Hanchunhe (also near Beijing) and Huaxi in Jiangsu Province, and their history, and then analyze various aspects of the functioning of collective villages in the Chinese market. Chapters: org. and mgmt.; wage and labor system; welfare and benefits; gender roles and relations;& the corp. village.
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