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    The State and the Rural Economy in the People's Republic of China

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    01/04/1984
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    Gray, Jack
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    SUMMARY Chinese rural policy, assisted by Mao Zedong's critique of Stalinism, has moved away from the policy of ‘squeeze’, from uncritical assumptions about economies of scale in farming, and from insistence on the necessity of the collectivisation of farm labour as opposed to agricultural infrastructure and agricultural planning. The emphasis is now on increasing peasant purchasing power, on family?scale farming, and on relationships of contract between farming families and state planners as represented by local authorities and parastatal cooperatives. RESUMEN El estado y la economía rural en la República Popular China La política rural China, apoyada en la crítica maoísta al estalinismo, ha abandonado la política de austeridad, así como las hipótesis acríticas sobre las economías de escala en las granjas y la insistencia en la necesidad de colectivizar el trabajo rural en oposición a la infraestructura y planificación agrícolas. Ahora se enfatiza el aumento del poder de compra campesino, la granja a escala familiar y las relaciones contractuales entre las familias de las granjas y los planificadores estatales, representados por las autoridades locales y las cooperativas paraestatales. RESUMES L'état et l'économie rurale dans la République Populaire de Chine La politique rurale chinoise, avec l'aide de la critique du Stalinisme de Mao Zeding, s'est éloignée de la politique de compression, des hypothèses dépourvues de sens critique sur les économies d'échelles de l'exploitation agricole, et de l'insistance de la nécessité de la collectivisation de la main d'oeuvre fermière par opposition à l'infrastructure agricole et à la planification agricole. Le point principal, maintenant, est l'augmentation du pouvoir d'achat des paysans, au niveau de l'exploitation agricole familiale, et les rapports contractuels entre les familles fermières et les planificateurs de l'état representés par les autorités locales et les co?opératives paraétatiques.
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    Gray, J. (1984) The State and the Rural Economy in the People's Republic of China. IDS Bulletin 15(2): 11-17
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    10.1111/j.1759-5436.1984.mp15002003.x
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    IDS Bulletin Vol. 15 Nos. 2
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