Abstract
Cooperatives, family farms and dragon-head enterprises are emerging as new subjects of agriculture in China and are being promoted by the Chinese government as engines of agricultural development. The current dynamics of increasing capitalization of agriculture in China has been characterized by scholar Philip Huang as 'Capitalization without Proletarianization'. Through case studies, we examine the dynamics of accumulation in Chinese agriculture, as well as the government's agriculture policy shift. We argue that capitalist dynamics exist in Chinese agricultural production and they come from above and below. We also argue that Chinese government's policy shift towards de-peasantization began in the early years of the rural reform.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 366-391 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | Journal of Agrarian Change |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Keywords
- Agrarian capitalism
- Agrarian populism
- Capital accumulation
- Chayanov
- China
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Global and Planetary Change
- Archaeology
- Anthropology
- Archaeology