Institutions in Transition: Land Ownership, Property Rights, and Social Conflict in China
This monograph contributes to the field of institutional change and property rights reform in (former) socialist economies with particular reference to China. Studying institutional change regardless of whether it is focused on transitional or developing economies, may prove most fruitful when focused on its structuring of the means of production - land, labour and capital. This book singles out land as an object of study and places it in the context of one of the world's largest and most...
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This monograph contributes to the field of institutional change and property rights reform in (former) socialist economies with particular reference to China. Studying institutional change regardless of whether it is focused on transitional or developing economies, may prove most fruitful when focused on its structuring of the means of production - land, labour and capital. This book singles out land as an object of study and places it in the context of one of the world's largest and most populous countries undergoing institutional reform, China. With its focus on land policy and administration, including all major natural resources such as agricultural land, forest, grassland and wasteland, the book is the first comprehensive review of China's land property rights reform.
1The credibility of agricultural land tenure, or why intentional institutional ambiguity might work172Why the village has no power : land ownership disputes and customary tenure443Governing China's grasslands : the creation of empty institutions694Contested spaces : forest rights, registration, and social conflict965Going, going, gone! : the four wastelands auction policy1246Between nationalization and privatization : common property as the third way?157Summary and concluding observations : the political economy of transition186App. ATitle of land ownership of two villages198App. BRecord of land dispute between state forest farm and village205App. CTitle of land ownership of a village school212App. DTitle of land ownership of a brick kiln219App. E'Second round' land lease for household (copy for farmer)226App. F'Second round' land lease for household (copy for village committee)232App. GContract of mountain [forest] responsibility land235App. HWasteland contract of Changcheng village237App. IWasteland contract of Guanting village243App. JHand-written contract of village land transfer to a company245App. KHand-written pasture boundary agreement (no map included)247App. LPasture use contract for a village250App. MPasture use contract for a household255
