No Worse off? The governance impacts of compensating for land takings in China
Date
2020
Authors
Jiang, Yanpeng
Sargeson, Sally
Tomba, Luigi
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Taylor & Francis Group
Abstract
We examine the impacts of compensation not only on land-losers’
subsequent livelihoods, but also on distributions, governance and
organisational capacity, social positioning, and ability to live the
sorts of lives farmers value. The power of this encompassing
perspective to reveal complex, far reaching consequences of
different compensation arrangements is illustrated by qualitative
research in three wealthy jurisdictions that trialled China’s new
‘models’ of land compensation: Guangdong, Shanghai, and
Zhejiang. The analysis demonstrates that the emphasis on
‘models’ of compensation obscures incoherence, contradictory
rules and processes, and reversals in compensation arrangements;
and that rather than providing corrective justice or well-being,
compensation has left many communities, households, and
individuals worse off.
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Land;, expropriation, compensation, villagers;, urbanisation, development, governance, China
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The Journal of Peasant Studies
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Journal article
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