With the ascendancy of Deng Xiaoping in 1978, China began a program of agricultural reform intended to increase productivity. This detailed study examines what

Based on interviews with rural Chinese women, officials and social scientists, and on Chinese newspapers, journals and academic reports. Analyses the situation

In short, Putterman connects the field of economics with other important spheres of life, building bridges of understanding that are too often absent in the stu

A detailed study of rural reform in China, which comprehensively covers Chinese rural development before and after the Mao and Deng reform eras, focusing on the