land ownership, property rights, and social conflict in China /
Peter Ho.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
xii, 273 pages :
illustrations, maps ;
24 cm.
Studies on contemporary China
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267) and index.
The credibility of agricultural land tenure, or why intentional instutional ambiguity might work -- Why the village has no power : land ownership disputes and customary tenure -- Governing China's grasslands : the creation of empty institutions -- Contested spaces : forest rights, registration, and social conflict -- Going, going, gone! The four wastelands auction policy -- Between nationalization and privatization : common property as the third way?
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"Studying institutional change regardless of whether it is focused on transitional or developing economies, may prove most fruitful when focused on its structuring of the means of production - land, labour and capital. This book singles outland as an object of study and places it in the context of one of the world's largest and most populous countries undergoing institutional reform, the People's Republic of China. The book demonstrates that private property protected by law, the principle of 'getting-the-prices-right', and the emergence of effectively functioning markets are the outcome of a given society's historical development and institutional fabric."--Jacket.