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The Political Economy Of Collective Farms

An Analysis Of China's Postmao Rural Reforms
By:Peter Nolan
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780367310349
eText ISBN:9781000304466
Edition:1
Copyright:1988
Format:Reflowable

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This book examines the case for and against collective farms in developing countries. Basing his account on a careful analysis of China's rural economy from the 1950s to the 1980s, the author argues that collective farms have serious shortcomings and that they are not the most suitable institutional form for rural economic development in poor count