{"product_id":"prosper-or-perish-9780801450624","title":"Prosper or Perish","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eProsper or Perish describes a massive ongoing problem for China's economic dvelopment: the difficulty of administering loans to Rural Credit Cooperatives in a way that assists rural households.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book provides a compelling argument for the dangers of soft budget constraints created by the intimate linkage between the Rural Credit Cooperatives RCCs and the local government bureaucracy. Apart from providing an analysis of the rural banking sector, this interesting volume offers valuable insights into the political economy of rural China.\" —Ane Bislev,China Review InternationalVolume 19, No. 4, 2012\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe institutional explanation of the bias builds upon a rich body of literature on cadre management and the fiscal system, and will be good reading for graduate and advanced students. All in all, the book is a welcome contribution to the literature of rural credits, and testifies to how much work is still needed on this important subject.\u003c\/p\u003e * The China Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book would be ideal for students of political economy, rural development, local government, and public finance in China, among others. The clear writing style and the richly informative local case studies also make the book all the more enjoyable.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Gang Guo * Journal of Chinese Political Science *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Overview and Research Questions\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 1. Local Governments, Rural Credit, and Regional Development in China\u003ci\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/i\u003e Case Study Indicators, Household Survey, and SourcesChapter 2. The Rural Financial System and Rural Development in China\u003cb\u003ePart II. The Design of China's Economic and Political Institutions\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 3. The Design of China's Rural Credit InstitutionsChapter 4. The Implications of Cadre Evaluation and Fiscal System for Local-Government Behavior\u003ci\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/i\u003e Township Cadre Evaluation Criteria in Wenling County, Zhejiang Province\u003cb\u003ePart III. Case Studies: Blind Men and the Elephant\u003c\/b\u003eChapter 5. Diverging Pathways to Prosperity: Privately Led vs. Local Government-Led IndustrializationChapter 6. The Local Government-Led Path to Rural Decay\u003ci\u003eAppendix:\u003c\/i\u003e Revenue and Expenditures of the Perished TownshipsConclusion\u003ci\u003eAppendix: \u003c\/i\u003eList of Non-Survey Field Interviews, 2003–6\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Chinese Terms\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405136666967,"sku":"9780801450624","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801450624.jpg?v=1730488839","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/prosper-or-perish-9780801450624","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}