title: Multiple job holding in rural villages and the Chinese road to development.
abstract: This paper examines some of the interrelations that exist between rural China's peasant economy and the wider economy in which it is embedded. In doing so it focuses on the circular flows that link town and countryside. Multiple job holding is strategic in this respect. The paper draws on research undertaken in a peasant village in Hebei Province. The research highlights some remarkable differences that exist between development processes in China and in other developing countries and traces these back to a combination of an enlightened rural policy and the strong linkages that exist between rural China and its urban "global factory".
authors.affiliation: College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD), China Agricultural University; and Wageningen University, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jan Douwe
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: van der Ploeg
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jingzhong
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D019058:Community Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004467:Economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D011056:Political Systems / Q000266:history; D012423:Rural Health / Q000266:history; D012424:Rural Population / Q000266:history; D012922:Social Change / Q000266:history; D012923:Social Class / Q000266:history; D012924:Social Conditions / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence