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題 名 | Fei Xiaotong's Theory of Rural Development and Its Application: A Critical Appraisal |
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作 者 | Fong,Shiaw-chian; | 書刊名 | Issues & Studies |
卷 期 | 33:10 1997.10[民86.10] |
頁 次 | 頁20-43 |
分類號 | 431 |
關鍵詞 | Functions; Patterns; Systems; Rural enterprises; Small market towns; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | Following a systematic reading of Chinese sociologist Fei Xiaotong's works published in the 1940s and 1980s, the author puts forth the following theses. First, it will be demonstrated that Fei's "theoretical thread" of his long career remains that of functionalism, a conceptual orientation which views every social institution as connected to other institutions, and together meeting critical needs of the encompassing social structure. Second, it will be shown that, given his functional orientation, he was unable to speell out the full theoretical relationships between Chinese rural enterprises and their host small market towns that occupied most of his attention in the 1980s. Indeed, this flaw has invited scholars to attempt to compensate in two ways: one is parallel to the theory of antropologist G. William Skinner's marketing hierarchy; the other involves another key factor, the administrative hierarchy, and reconsiders the possibility of a built-in conflict between administrative logic and economic development. Third, a critical assessment will be made of the extent to which his disciples' empirical research matches the subtleties of his stimulating, albeit underdeveloped, theory of China's rural development. |
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