Why Chinese Farmers Resist Land Expropriation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6415992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuting Yao (0000-0001-7281-2065, corresponding author), Hui Wang (0000-0001-5109-8691) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-35 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/as.2025.2724462 |
| OpenAlex | W7103748296 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
This study addresses the paradoxical coexistence of advancing reforms to the land expropriation system and persistence of resistance to land expropriation in contemporary China. Building on institutional theory and procedural legitimacy frameworks, we investigate how implementation failures by local governments and village collectives shape farmers’ resistance behaviors, mediated by the development of rules consciousness. Our multilevel analysis of large-scale survey data has two key findings. First, procedural violations by implementing agencies show a direct positive correlation with incidence of resistance. Second, farmers’ understanding of formal procedures significantly influences their rules consciousness, creating a mediation effect that intensifies responses to procedural deviations. These results challenge conventional policy assumptions by revealing an institutional reflexivity paradox: while policy dissemination enhances farmers’ legal awareness, the very procedural shortcuts that once facilitated efficient land transfers now systematically compromise implementation effectiveness
Compromise · Expropriation · Legitimacy · Mediation · Reflexivity · Resistance (ecology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Land Rights and Reforms
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |