Rural industrialization in China's lower Yangzi delta: Institutionalizing transactional networks |
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Authors: | Andrew M Marton |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K. |
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Abstract: | Understanding the nature of spatial economic change in China's most rapidly developing regions requires a conceptual and methodological
shift away from the conventional macro-perspectives. An analysis of the processes and mechanisms which underlie the unique
patterns of transformation in China's lower Yangzi delta is undertaken. The paper focuses on the emergence of small scale
institutional and transactional activities as they relate to the location of nonagricultural enterprises in the countryside.
The way in which networks of interactions and interrelationships are embedded within specific local exigencies and opportunities
for development reveals much about the wider regional spatial economic patterns and trends. The historical, administrative,
and territorial contexts and some detailed examples of the resulting institutional frameworks are also highlighted. The paper
proposes a framework whereby spatial economic transformation in China is reconceptualized in relation to intensely localized
place-based institutional structures.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | lower Yangzi delta regional development rural industrialization transactional networks |
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