Taxation without Representation in Contemporary Rural China (Cambridge Modern China Series)

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
List of Journals, Newspapers, Translation Services, and Abbreviations......Page 11
FIGURES......Page 15
Preface......Page 17
LOCATING THE CHINESE STATE......Page 21
THE CENTRAL AND LOCAL STATES......Page 27
RURAL SOCIETY AND PEASANT COLLECTIVE ACTION......Page 33
OVERVIEW OF THE CHAPTERS......Page 37
RURAL TAXATION IN IMPERIAL CHINA......Page 40
RURAL TAXATION IN THE LATE QING AND REPUBLICAN PERIODS......Page 45
TAXES AND THE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION......Page 51
THE MAOIST ERA: THE PRIMACY OF GRAIN PROCUREMENTS......Page 56
CONCLUSION......Page 66
3 Extracting Funds from the Peasants......Page 68
BURDENS: AN OVERVIEW......Page 70
THE TVE FACTOR......Page 88
GRIEVANCES: LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND BRUTALITY OF ENFORCEMENT......Page 93
DECONCENTRATION OF STATE POWER......Page 104
THE LOCAL STATE: DEVELOPMENTAL PRESSURES AND INCENTIVES......Page 108
STATE SPRAWL: CHINA’S EXPANDING BUREAUCRACY......Page 116
MUDDLED FINANCES AND THE RURAL FUNDING CRISIS......Page 125
EMBEDDED CORRUPTION......Page 129
CONCLUSION......Page 134
5 Burdens and Resistance: Peasant Collective Action......Page 136
INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE PROTEST AND VIOLENCE......Page 140
PEASANT COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE: INCIPIENT SOCIAL MOVEMENTS?......Page 157
LEADERS, ORGANIZATION, AND COORDINATION......Page 166
POTENTIAL ALLIES......Page 177
CONCLUSION......Page 185
6 Containing Burdens: Change and Persistence......Page 186
EXHORTATIONS, REGULATIONS, AND CAMPAIGNS......Page 187
‘‘LETTERS AND VISITS” AND THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA......Page 197
ENABLING VILLAGERS TO SEEK LEGAL REDRESS......Page 210
TOWARD EFFECTIVE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE......Page 217
CONCLUSION......Page 224
7 Burden Reduction: Village Democratization and Farmer National Interest Representation......Page 226
THE IMPACT OF VILLAGE DEMOCRATIZATION ON BURDENS......Page 227
STRENGTHENING FARMER INTEREST REPRESENTATION AT THE CENTER......Page 244
A NATIONAL FARMERS’ ASSOCIATION?......Page 251
CONCLUSION......Page 259
8 Conclusions......Page 261
Bibliography......Page 273
Index......Page 291