The Political Economy Of Collective Farms: An Analysis Of China's Post-mao Rural Reforms (Aspects of Political Economy)

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 Peter Nolan. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [241]-254.