Calamity and reform in China: state, rural society, and institutional change since the Great Leap Famine

Abstract

Introduction Part I. Context: 1. The path to disaster 2. The political economy of the Great Leap famine Part II. Catastrophe and Reform: 3. The Great Leap famine and rural liberalization 4. The Cultural Revolution interlude 5. Structural incentives for rural reform 6. The political struggle over reform Part III. State and Rural Society Under Reform: 8. Rural industrialization, political empowerment, and state policy Conclusions and reflections Appendix Notes Bibliography Index.

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