Hok-bun Ku. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [194-201]). / List of Tables --- p.i / List of Illustrations --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --Bringing the Peasants Back In --- p.1 / Chapter I. --- Sister Ling's Story --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- Where are the Peasants --- p.3 / Chapter III. --- "Back to the Village, Search for the Peasants" --- p.8 / Chapter IV. --- Summary of the Thesis --- p.14 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Understanding the Local Politics of Rural China --- p.16 / Chapter I. --- State-Society in Communist China --- p.17 / Chapter II. --- State and Its Agents --- p.19 / Chapter III. --- Socialist Clientelism in Rural China --- p.23 / Chapter IV. --- Everyday Forms of Resistance in Village --- p.28 / Chapter V. --- The Changing Village Politics under Deng --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Legacy of the Past --Ku Village under Mao --- p.40 / Chapter I. --- Setting of Ku Village --- p.42 / Chapter II. --- Reconstructing the Old Political Economy --- p.45 / Chapter III. --- Socialist Clientelism in Ku Village --- p.54 / Chapter IV. --- Conclusion --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- The Ku Village in Transformation (I) --The Retreat of the State --- p.77 / Chapter I. --- Reconstructing the Rural Administrative Organization --- p.78 / Chapter II. --- Local Response to the Political Reform --- p.82 / Chapter III. --- Paralysis of Village Organs --- p.88 / Chapter IV. --- Conclusion --- p.98 / Chapter Chapter Five: --- The Ku Village in Transformation (II) --The Source of Peasant Power --- p.103 / Chapter I. --- The Responsibility System and Land Redistribution in Ku Village --- p.105 / Chapter II. --- Political Economy of Shatian Shaddock Plantation --- p.112 / Chapter III. --- Conclusion --- p.125 / Chapter Chapter Six: --- Everyday Forms of Struggle in the Ku Village --- p.130 / Chapter I. --- Everyday Forms of Resistance I --Defensive Action --- p.132 / Chapter II. --- Everyday Forms of Resistance I -- Offensive Action --- p.147 / Chapter III. --- Everyday Struggle of the Village Cadres --- p.156 / Chapter IV. --- Conclusion --- p.161 / Chapter Chapter Seven: --- Conclusion -- From Socialist Clientelism to Household Individualism --- p.164 / Chapter I. --- The Erosion of Patron-Client Bonds --- p.165 / Chapter II. --- Household Individualism -an Atomistic Community --- p.170 / Chapter III. --- Everyday Forms of Resistance as the Way of Peasant Life --- p.172 / Chapter IV. --- Rethinking Village Politics in Dengist China --- p.174 / Appendix A. List of Interviewees --- p.179 / Appendix B. Glossary --- p.180 / Appendix C. Note on Measures --- p.183 / Appendix D. Photos --- p.184 / Appendix E. Maps --- p.193 / Bibliography