China Under Reform

Victor N. Shaw
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Victor N. Shaw: Author's address: 3140 Anasazi Way, Simi Valley, CA 93063, USA. Email: victor.shaw@csun.edu

China Report, 2006, vol. 42, issue 4, 341-368

Abstract: This article examines social problems in Chinese rural society as it undergoes economic reform and social transformations on an unprecedented scale. First is a historical review of social change in rural China under communist rule. Second is a systematic categorisation and description of social problems and their essential characteristics in rural regions. Third is an analytic explanation of rural social problems in relation to larger social structures and processes. The last part explores strategies and tactics that can be taken to deal with social problems in rural society. To preserve rural China as a peaceful living environment for the majority of the Chinese population, this article suggests that education be improved, business opportunities be created, the outflow of surplus labour be curbed, law enforcement be strengthened, governmental behaviour be regulated, grass-roots organisations be maintained, conflict resolution be promoted and self-defence be guided, across rural communities.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1177/000944550604200401

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