Power, entitlement and social practice : resource distribution in North China villages /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Huang, Xiyi
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Hong Kong : Chinese University Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Power (Social sciences) > China. Patrilineal kinship > China. China > Rural conditions. Social networks > China. Kinship > China.

Table of Contents:

Research issues : resource distribution in post-reform rural China
A sketch of the fieldwork villages
Marriage transaction and marriage forms : implications for resource distribution
Household division and provision for the elderly
Kinship relations and resource flows
Network of social relationships in resource distribution
Resource distribution : the state, local government and peasants
Involvement of peasants in the markets and resource distribution
Conclusion : resource distribution and social practice.