Community Capitalism in Rural China [F-14-15]
| Presenter: | Xiaoshuo Hou |
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| Location: | SLU: Sykes Common Room |
| Classes: | 1 Session 1.5 hours |
| Dates: | Fri 3:00 PM 11/07 |
| Status: | CLOSED |
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This presentation is based on the presenter’s fieldwork in three villages in China as the villagers explore ways to balance economic prosperity and social solidarity. The presenter will discuss local institutional innovations that provide the peasants with a safety net in an increasingly industrialized and marketized society. Ultimately, the three cases provide examples to help us reconsider the relationship between market, state, and society.
Xiaoshuo Hou received her PhD in Sociology from Boston University. She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at SLU. Her research and teaching interests include economic sociology, development sociology, and organizational sociology with a particular focus on China and Asia. She is the author of Community Capitalism in China: The State, the Market, and Collectivism (Cambridge UP, 2013), and is currently working on a research project on green technologies in China.