Globalization, state intervention, local action and rural locality reconstitution - A case study from rural China

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 102052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Chen ◽  
Michael Woods ◽  
Jianglong Chen ◽  
Yongqiang Liu ◽  
Jinlong Gao
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Local Action ◽  
Rural Locality

scholarly journals The Technical Efficiency of Local Action Groups: a Czech Republic Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 1065-1074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iveta Vrabková ◽  
Pavel Šaradín
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Local Action ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The One ◽  
Action Groups

Local Action Groups (LAGs) represent a dynamic platform for inter-municipal cooperation in Europe. Their principal advantages include EU funding and the capacity to generate economic returns and stimulate the development of local communities. The methodology used for the evaluation of the performance of LAGs is defined by the EU on the one hand and by national authorities on the other. Furthermore, there are an entire array of evaluation tools and academic experiments available. The present paper does not aim at a comprehensive evaluation of LAGs, but instead only examines the technical efficiency of LAGs. Using the Czech Republic as an example, the paper introduces an evaluation tool to measure the technical efficiency of LAGs and describes how it can be applied. The adoption of this tool is seen as a means of improving one of the parameters of the performance of LAGs.

The School Librarian in Rural China

2012 ◽  
pp. 108-124
Author(s):  
Peter Warning ◽  
James Henri
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
School Librarian ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Skilled Professional

This chapter examines the school librarian (SL) in rural China in terms of his/her roles as the school information specialist and reading programme catalyst. The analysis is based on case study observations from site visits and interviews over a four-year period. The analysis surfaced key obstacles faced by the librarians, including: low knowledge base and expertise, limited material resources, and a lack of understanding of their roles by stakeholders within their communities. To alleviate these impediments, the importance of the SL’s roles needs to be understood by the school’s stakeholders, enabling the school librarian to be recognized as a skilled professional with an important and unique contribution to the educational process.

scholarly journals Endogenous inclusive development of e‐commerce in rural China: A case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 1611-1630
Author(s):  
Ping Gao ◽  
Yajun Liu
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
Inclusive Development

The politics of greening practice in contemporary rural China: a case study of Yang Village

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Songnan Fan ◽  
Yao Sha
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Rural Culture ◽  
Village Leader ◽  
Production Practice ◽  
Will Power ◽  
Traditional Pattern ◽  
Specific Implementation

<p>This article takes Yang Village as a case to analysis what the specific implementation of the Three-North Shelterbelt Project is like. This village leader Laoyang gets afforestation projects through chasing project and mobilizes all the villagers by the method of economic benefits. While these afforestation projects promoted Yang Village economic income, it also ruins its local traditional pattern of production and living such as raising sheep. The study found the following conclusions: 1）Economy supremacy ideology plays a dual role. Not only does this strategy redirect the publics’ attention from environmental protection on to economic development, it also mobilizes the public’s will power to participate in such afforestation project. 2) Traditional rural culture and local production practice plays a subtle role in the designing and implementation process of environmental policies, projects and regulations.</p><p> </p><p>Keywords: environment, afforestation, The Three-North Shelterbelt Project, chase project, rural society, economy supremacy</p>

Dealing with Responsibility for the Great Leap Famine in the People's Republic of China

2010 ◽  
Vol 201 ◽  
pp. 176-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Wemheuer
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Mao Zedong ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Great Leap ◽  
Great Leap Forward ◽  
The Great Leap Forward ◽  
Official Evaluation ◽  
Different Levels

AbstractIn the aftermath of the famine in 1962, Mao Zedong took formal responsibility for the failure of the Great Leap Forward in the name of the central government. Thousands of local cadres were made scapegoats and were legally punished. This article focuses on the question of how the different levels of the Chinese state, such as the central government, the province and the county, have dealt with the question of responsibility for the famine. The official explanation for the failure of the Great Leap will be compared to unofficial memories of intellectuals, local cadres and villagers. The case study of Henan province shows that local cadres are highly dissatisfied with the official evaluation of responsibility. Villagers bring suffering, starvation and terror into the discourse, but these memories are constructed in a way to preserve village harmony. This article explains why these different discourses about responsibility of the famine are unlinked against the background of the “dual society”; the separation between urban and rural China. Finally, it will be shown that the Communist Party was unable to convince parts of society and the Party to accept the official interpretation.

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