The Administrative Village

作者：Yi Wu · 发表于：University of Hawaii Press eBooks · 年份：2016 · DOI：10.21313/hawaii/9780824846770.003.0004 · 研究领域：Global Maritime and Colonial Histories

This chapter examines the state-imposed rural administrative structure. By examining the current two levels of village administration—the administrative village and its constituent villagers’ groups, this chapter shows that because of the legacy of bounded collectivism, a villagers’ group often overlaps a zhaizi community and thus enjoys relatively exclusive ownership rights over land within its territory. This situation has resulted in land rights shared between the administrative village and its villagers’ groups, as well as political differentiation among village cadres. Bounded collectivism has also resulted in changes in the current land market in China, as more and more natural villages demanded the rights to participate in the land market that has long been monopolized by the government.