Date of Award

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Hicks, Barbara

Keywords

China, Property Law, Development

Area of Concentration

Political Science

Abstract

This thesis examines the intersection of Chinese property laws, governance institutions, and land administration in order to understand the underlying mechanisms of development in China. The interaction and growing divide between the legal frameworks and mechanisms for development and the existing implementation of development is a vital factor in Chinese economic growth. The key role that local institutions play in controlling local-level development through protecting, utilizing, and eroding land rights of the majority of China's 1.3 billion people, is of vital importance to maintaining economic growth and development. Economic decentralization has enabled greater autonomy at the local level to implement national-level policies according to the fiscal, political, and social reality faced by local governance institutions. Increases in autonomy from the national government, which allow local governments to manipulate laws to suit their particular needs, are also primary factors in the discrepancies between nationally promulgated property rights and the reality of land security for most Chinese people. A case study of Fujian Province was conducted to demonstrate the various development strategies at play in a real-world situation. The study finds that Chinese property rights are susceptible to inconsistent implementation across regions due to an incomplete set of land security rights and institutional protections of those rights.

Rights

This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.

Download

Share

COinS