Modernizaton of China’s Agricultural Producton Organizaton

Yang Cao

Central China Normal University, China

Author Translated by

Ming Don

Zhejiang Gongshang University, China

Xue Li

Zhejiang Gongshang University, China

Descripton

This book constructs a new theoretcal framework for understanding contemporary Chinese agricultural producton organizatons from the perspectve of promotng farmers’ realizaton of “substantal freedom” and “feasible ability”. he new theoretcal ramework deepens and e pands the theor o agricultural moderni aton and producton organi aton. he book discusses the mult s mbiosis pa ern o agricultural producton organi atons in contemporar China rom macro and micro economics perspectves. ased on the peasant household econom , this mult s mbiosis organi atonal structure co e ists and interweaves with various orms o economic organi atons. he book points out that this mult s mbiosis organi atonal structure is the result o ree choice o the ma orit o armers since the re orm and opening up in turn, it also provides a broader organi atonal and insttutonal space or armers urther diversifed and ree choice. he book predicts that China s agricultural producton organi aton networking will graduall move towards networking based on diversifcaton and also orm networked organi aton groups.

Author & Translators

CAO Yang is a pro essor and doctoral supervisor at the School o Economics and usiness dministraton, Central China ormal Universit . He has been a visitng scholar at the Universit o ueensland and the Universit o Cambridge. He is a member o the cademic Commi ee, Central China ormal Universit and director o the cademic Commi ee o School o Economics and usiness dministraton.

He has published fve monographs in Chinese, including he Choice o Histor he evelopment Histor o arket Econom , Stud on Contemporar Chinese ural icroeconomic rgani aton orm, etc. n additon, he has published fve English papers in internatonal ournals such as sian Economic ournal, and more than 70 papers in Chinese in domestc ournals such as Economist, Economic Perspectves and Chinese ural Econom .

DONG Ming was a pro essor o translaton at he iang Gongshang Universit be ore she retred in 2020. She graduated rom Shanghai nternatonal Studies Universit with a aster s degree in English and merican Literature in 989.

LI Xue is a translator and English teacher. Li ue graduated rom Shanghai nternatonal Studies Universit (S SU) with a aster s degree in English Language and Literature in 2006. Since then she has been teaching courses to undergraduates in he iang Gongshang Universit ( GSU).

January 2023

£150 | HARDCOVER 978 98 24 226 7

Imprint: World Scientfc Publishing Compan

Extent: 500pp

Type: onograph

Series: Series on Chinese Economics esearch

Main Subject: Business and anagement

Sub-Subjects: China Studies; Asian usiness anagement evelopmental Economics General Economics acroeconomics icroeconomics

Keywords: Contemporar China gricultural Producton rgani aton Substantal reedom ultple S mbiosis etwork rgani aton Group

Readership: cademics, polic makers, pro essionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in the studies o agricultural organi atons in China and China s rural econom

• ntroducton

• nal tcal ramework reedom and rgani aton

• he Historical Conte t and nherent Logic o the ransiton o gricultural Producton rgani aton in Contemporar China nterpretaton ased on Peasants reedom

• Pluralism and S mbiosis he asic ramework o the gricultural Producton rgani aton in Contemporar China

• rans orming Small arming he Ke to the oderni aton o gricultural Producton rgani atons in Contemporar China

• Who rgani es Peasant Cooperatve rgani atons and Whom to rgani e

• etworking in the oderni aton o gricultural Producton rgani atons in Contemporar China

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• List o uthors Publicatons