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Making capitalism in rural China / Michael Webber, department of resource management and geography, the University of Melbourne, Australia

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, 2012Description: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 324 pages) : diagrams, illustrations, mapsISBN:
  • 9780857934109
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780857934093. | Erscheint auch als: Making capitalism in rural China. Druck-Ausgabe Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2012. X, 324 S.DDC classification:
  • 338.951 23
RVK: RVK: MH 50086LOC classification:
  • HB501
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9780857934109Online resources: Summary: This stimulating and challenging book explores the duplicitous nature of development in China. On the positive side, it brings longer and healthier lives; fewer children dead before they are five years old; more comfort and security from famine and disaster; more education; more communication; more travel; less war. But from another, darker perspective, development brings violence to some people – those who are in the way of the new things, those who cannot adapt to the new ways – and it threatens old knowledges, habits and societies as it disrupts old power structures. -- Michael Webber presents fascinating case studies that demonstrate what these forms of development mean for people who are relatively weak or powerless – those who post-colonial theorists call the subalterns. The cases illustrate how development can change the manner in which people relate to each other and threatens their entire environment. Through this detailed consideration of the impacts of development on the people who live in those places, he examines whether these changes represent the emergence of capitalism or a transition, develops a theory of relationships between economy and daily life and questions the very nature of Chinese capitalism.PPN: PPN: 1023445689Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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