Agrarian Capitalization without Capitalism? Capitalist Dynamics from Above and Below in China

Cooperatives, family farms and dragon‐head enterprises are emerging as new subjects of agriculture in China and are being promoted by the Chinese government as engines of agricultural development. The current dynamics of increasing capitalization of agriculture in China has been characterized by sch...

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Published in:	Journal of agrarian change 2015-07, Vol.15 (3), p.366-391
Main Authors:	Hairong, Yan, Yiyuan, Chen
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Accumulation agrarian capitalism agrarian populism Agrarian Structures Agricultural Policy Agricultural production Agriculture capital accumulation Capitalism Capitalization Chayanov China Development Policy Family Farms Family owned businesses Farms Government Policy Intellectuals Peoples Republic of China Reform Rural Areas Studies
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Summary:	Cooperatives, family farms and dragon‐head enterprises are emerging as new subjects of agriculture in China and are being promoted by the Chinese government as engines of agricultural development. The current dynamics of increasing capitalization of agriculture in China has been characterized by scholar Philip Huang as ‘Capitalization without Proletarianization’. Through case studies, we examine the dynamics of accumulation in Chinese agriculture, as well as the government's agriculture policy shift. We argue that capitalist dynamics exist in Chinese agricultural production and they come from above and below. We also argue that Chinese government's policy shift towards de‐peasantization began in the early years of the rural reform.
ISSN:	1471-0358 1471-0366