The SMCs in Transition: Evolutionary Trajectory, State Integration Capacity, and the Changing State-Society Relations in Rural China

• In Event: State Building and State Capacity in China

Brief Overview

This study examines the evolution of China’s Supply and Marketing Cooperatives. It empirically tests the effect of the 2014 SMC reform on enhancing state integration capacity, trying to reflect the changing state-society relations in rural China.

Authors

• Zijie Shao, Communication University of China

• Shuhe Wang, Communication University of China