The “States” in Villages
The “States” in Villages

Author: Li Shulei

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-11-27

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9812879463

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This book presents a study in educational sociology, exploring the function of rural schools, which are a symbol of the state in rural society, in a time characterized by local cultural transition. The book begins with an investigation of the status quo, background and history of a representative rural school, Fengning Hope Elementary School, and gives a definition of “the ‘states’ in villages.” Subsequently, on the basis of research on the teachers, an analysis of the courses taught, and comparison to other rural elementary schools of the same type, it reveals the dual status of rural schools and their relation with social development in rural areas. Based on thorough fieldwork and empirical research, the book provides a new vision of the interactive relation between the state and rural society, particularly focusing on the role of rural education in that relation. In addition, it explores the reshaping of Chinese culture and the part that intellectuals play in the process of today’s cultural transition. For English-language readers and Western professionals, this translated version will offer an essential window into Chinese studies from a local point of view.

Social Imaginaries of the State and Central Authority in Polish Highland Villages, 1999-2005
Social Imaginaries of the State and Central Authority in Polish Highland Villages, 1999-2005

Author: Anna Malewska-Szałygin

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2018-04-18

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1527510352

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This book argues that common-sense convictions of rural Polish citizens are “post-peasant” or “post-agrarian”, rather than post-socialist or post-communist. In so doing, it offers a departure from the established terms of scholarly literature on the Central European transition that has focused on such concepts as “homo sovieticus” or the “post-communist mentality”. It draws on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in the early 2000s in the highland region in the south of Poland, focusing on local knowledge about the state, power, politics, and democracy. It describes how rural social imaginaries translate categories derived from the organisation of life and work at the farm into ideas about politics. In this regard, the state is seen as a huge farm, the authorities as the farmer or manager, and the nation as the farmer’s family. Politics is perceived as a dishonest but profitable profession and democracy as a political system that could only work in the Garden of Eden.

The State of World Rural Poverty
The State of World Rural Poverty

Author: Idriss Jazairy

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 539

ISBN-13: 0814737544

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Despite almost four decades and billions of dollars in development activities, we are barely in a position to track the changing dynamics of poverty or to define with conviction the processes that entrap the poor in their misery. Accounting for about 90% of global poverty, rural poverty, through transmigration, is also a main contributor to urban poverty. It is in the rural areas of the world where poverty is most severe in human terms, where the hunger, hopelessness, hardship, and despair commonly associated with entrenched poverty are most pronounced, where basic health services, sanitation, educational opportunities, and other common amenities are most lacking. The alleviation of rural poverty is therefore tantamount to the alleviation of global poverty in its entirety. The State of World Rural Poverty offers the first comprehensive look at the economic conditions and prospects of the world's rural poor.

Chinese Village, Socialist State
Chinese Village, Socialist State

Author: Edward Friedman

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780300054286

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This portrait of social change in the North China plain depicts how the world of the Chinese peasant evolved during an era of war and how it in turn shaped the revolutionary process. The book is based on evidence gathered from archives and interviews with villagers and rural officials.

Community and State in the Japanese Farm Village
Community and State in the Japanese Farm Village

Author: Dimitri Vanoverbeke

Publisher: Leuven University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9789058673077

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In fact, this is the first book-length study on the farm tenancy conciliation procedure and analysis of the Japanese government's wish to maintain tradition at al cost in the farmer community.