Weixing Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3869802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Weixing Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Weixing |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | East Tennessee State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0772-9825 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Unraveling energy hub dynamics and political economy toward sustainable urban energy
Politics by Other Means
This article argues that the village election in China is a case of “politics by other means” in that it is a state act imposed on the peasantry with the purpose of reorganizing the peasantry and maintaining the state's macroeconomic and political control under the conditions of economic reform. In analyzing village elections, the paper examines the institutional limbo in the countryside and the state's motivations for introducing this electoral …
From Post-Maoism to Post-Marxism
Village Elections in China
The Political Economy of Rural Industrialization in China
While the people's communes were formally dismantled in 1984 with the implementation of the Household Responsibility System (HRS), in Shandong province this dismantling has not resulted in a privatized rural economy. After eighteen years of economic reform, many peasants who have gained autonomy in agricultural production are still largely dependent on rural collective institutions for their income and welfare. Paradoxically, the communal benefit…
Politics and Paths of Rural Development in China
O w NE OF THE most significant aspects of the economic and social development in rural China since the mid-1980s has been the rise of the conglomerate (VC hereafter). As the most significant and rapidly-growing institution in rural China, where most (73 percent) of China's population still lives, the VC is important in its own right. Moreover, its development has raised broader questions regarding the paths and politics of rural development in Ch…
Peasant challenge in post‐communist China
Peasants constitute about 73% of China's population. To a large extent, the success of China's modernization program and transition depends on where peasants are heading. Peasants have posed new challenges for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the 1990s after 17‐year economic reform. This article argues that these challenges derive from the empowerment of the peasants since the mid‐1980s. How well the CCP could deal with these challenges direc…
The Political Economy of Rural Industrialization in China
While the people's communes were formally dismantled in 1984 with the implementation of the Household Responsibility System (HRS), in Shandong province this dismantling has not resulted in a privatized rural economy. After eighteen years of economic reform, many peasants who have gained autonomy in agricultural production are still largely dependent on rural collective institutions for their income and welfare. Paradoxically, the communal benefit…
Peasant challenge in post‐communist China
Peasants constitute about 73% of China's population. To a large extent, the success of China's modernization program and transition depends on where peasants are heading. Peasants have posed new challenges for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the 1990s after 17‐year economic reform. This article argues that these challenges derive from the empowerment of the peasants since the mid‐1980s. How well the CCP could deal with these challenges direc…
Village Elections in China
Peasant challenge in post‐communist China
Peasants constitute about 73% of China's population. To a large extent, the success of China's modernization program and transition depends on where peasants are heading. Peasants have posed new challenges for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the 1990s after 17‐year economic reform. This article argues that these challenges derive from the empowerment of the peasants since the mid‐1980s. How well the CCP could deal with these challenges direc…
The Political Economy of Rural Industrialization in China
While the people's communes were formally dismantled in 1984 with the implementation of the Household Responsibility System (HRS), in Shandong province this dismantling has not resulted in a privatized rural economy. After eighteen years of economic reform, many peasants who have gained autonomy in agricultural production are still largely dependent on rural collective institutions for their income and welfare. Paradoxically, the communal benefit…
Politics and Paths of Rural Development in China
O w NE OF THE most significant aspects of the economic and social development in rural China since the mid-1980s has been the rise of the conglomerate (VC hereafter). As the most significant and rapidly-growing institution in rural China, where most (73 percent) of China's population still lives, the VC is important in its own right. Moreover, its development has raised broader questions regarding the paths and politics of rural development in Ch…
Village Elections in China
From Post-Maoism to Post-Marxism
Politics by Other Means
This article argues that the village election in China is a case of “politics by other means” in that it is a state act imposed on the peasantry with the purpose of reorganizing the peasantry and maintaining the state's macroeconomic and political control under the conditions of economic reform. In analyzing village elections, the paper examines the institutional limbo in the countryside and the state's motivations for introducing this electoral …
Unraveling energy hub dynamics and political economy toward sustainable urban energy
China (6 works) · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (4 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works)