Mobilizing for Development

E. Looney Kristen

Description

Mobilizing for Development tackles the question of how countries achieve rural development and offers a new way of thinking about East Asia's political economy that challenges the developmental state paradigm. Through a comparison of Taiwan (1950s-1970s), South Korea (1950s-1970s), and China (1980s-2000s), Kristen E. Looney shows that different types of development outcomes-improvements in agricultural production, rural living standards, and the village environment-were realized to different degrees, at different times, and in different ways. She argues that rural modernization campaigns, defined as policies demanding high levels of mobilization to effect dramatic change, played a central role in the region and that divergent development outcomes can be attributed to the interplay between campaigns and institutions. The analysis departs from common portrayals of the developmental state as wholly technocratic and demonstrates that rural development was not just a byproduct of industrialization. Looney's research is based on several years of fieldwork in Asia and makes a unique contribution by systematically comparing China's development experience with other countries. Relevant to political science, economic history, rural sociology, and Asian Studies, the book enriches our understanding of state-led development and agrarian change.

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique
• East Asia
• Types of rural communities
• Far East
• Asia

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mai 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501748868
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

MOBILIZINGFOR DEVELOPMENT

MOBILIZING FOR DEVELOPMENT TheModernizationofRuralEastAsia

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

KristenE.Looney

ITHACA AND LONDON

CornellUniversityPressgratefullyacknowledgesreceiptofagrantfromtheDean’s Office of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government, both at Georgetown University, which aided in the publication of this book.

Copyright © 2020 by Kristen E. Looney

Allrightsreserved.Exceptforbriefquotationsinareview,thisbook,orparts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. Visit our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu.

First published 2020 by Cornell University Press

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Names: Looney, Kristen E., 1978– author. Title:Mobilizingfordevelopment:themodernizationofrural East Asia /Kristen E. Looney. Description:Ithaca[NewYork]:CornellUniversityPress,2020.| Includesbibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019029562 (print) | LCCN 2019029563 (ebook) | ISBN5188ep()ub|SI|9NB51874710re)cdvoh(ra4841748815097 ISBN9781501748868 (pdf) Subjects:LCSH:Ruraldevelopment—EastAsia.|Ruraldevelopment—Taiwan— History—20th century. | Ruraldevelopment—Government policy—Taiwan. | Rural development—Korea(South)—History—20th century. | Rural development—Governmentpolicy—Korea (South) | Rural development— China—History—20th century.| Rural development—Government policy—China. Classification:LCCHC460.5.L6652020(print)|LCCHC460.5(ebook)| DDC 338.95009173/4—dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2019029562 LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2019029563

Cover illustration: Mural depicting the Hanging Village of Huaxi and tower in the model socialist village Huaxi. Arcaid Images/Alamy Stock Photo

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Contents

ListofTablesandFigures Acknowledgments Abbreviations NoteonTransliteration

Introduction:The State and Rural Development in East Asia 1.  The Role of Rural Institutions and State Campaigns in Development 2. Rural Development in Taiwan, 1950s–1970s 3. Rural Development in South Korea, 1950s–1970s 4. Rural Development in China, 1980s–2000s Conclusion:The Rural Developmental State

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1.  The Cases 2.  The Argument 3.  Agricultural and Industrial Sector Change in Taiwan, 1952–1981 4.  Extent and Impact of Land Reform in Taiwan 5.  Percent Households Receiving FA Services in Taiwan, 1952–1959 6.  Extent of KMT Representation in Taiwan’s FAs (1954 FA Election Results) 7.  Community Development Policies in Taiwan, 1955–1981 8.  Results of the Community Development Campaign in Taiwan, 1969–1981 9.  Agricultural and Industrial Sector Change in South Korea, 1954–1981 10.  Extent and Impact of Land Reform in South Korea 11.  Results of the New Village Movement in South Korea, 1971–1980 12.  Agricultural and Industrial Sector Change in China, 1978–2012

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1.  The Farmers’ Association System in Taiwan 2. Internal Structure of a Township Farmers’ Association in Taiwan

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