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River-Sand Mining: An Ethnography of Resource Conflict in China [Hardback]

  • Formāts: Hardback, 288 pages, height x width: 235x155 mm, weight: 636 g
  • Sērija : China Studies 45
  • Izdošanas datums: 17-Dec-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Brill
  • ISBN-10: 9004505903
  • ISBN-13: 9789004505902
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 288 pages, height x width: 235x155 mm, weight: 636 g
  • Sērija : China Studies 45
  • Izdošanas datums: 17-Dec-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Brill
  • ISBN-10: 9004505903
  • ISBN-13: 9789004505902
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"This book explores the overexploitation of river-sand and its impact on Zhuang communities in China. A topical phenomenon, the book engages with the concept of authoritarian environmental management through a detailed analysis of state laws and policieson river-sand mining. Additional rich ethnographic material shows that riverfront Zhuang villagers and their indigenous ecological knowledge cannot compete with government policy, economic forces, and development trends in gaining control over river sandgovernance. This book provides appealing case studies in the interdisciplinary field of political ecology. As an example of "anthropology of home", it is of specific methodological interest"--

This book offers an ethnographic case study in political ecology, seeking to understand governance and commodification of river-sand in rural China. It examines illegal river-sand mining and its negative consequences in six indigenous Zhuang villages. Mining of river-sand is explored as an example of the impact of authoritarian environmental management. Coverage encompasses Chinese laws and policies on river-sand mining, related economic and development factors, and the resulting ecological and sociocultural consequences of river-sand mining. Color photos and maps are included. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Anyone who cares about the environment cannot ignore the overmining of river-sand. This book explores how river sand in Zhuang villages in China has been overexploited with disastrous environmental (or social and environmental) consequences, despite official state ownership of the sand, national and local laws regulating mining, and peasant resistance.
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
List of Illustrations xv
Notes on the Text xviii
1 Introduction 1(34)
1 A Brief History of River-Sand Mining: A National Perspective
5(5)
2 The Current Demand for River Sand in China
10(4)
3 The Political Ecology of River-Sand Mining
14(6)
4 The Concept of Indigeneity in China
20(3)
5 The Zhuang and Their Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
23(9)
6 The Objective, Research Questions, and Structure of This Book
32(3)
2 The Research Setting and Conducting Research "at Home" 35(35)
1 The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: Human-Environment Relations in Historical Perspective
35(6)
2 Qinzhou City, Zhuang Towns, the River, and the Villages
41(17)
2.1 Huangwutun Town
42(3)
2.2 Xintang Town
45(1)
2.3 Six Villages along the Maoling River
46(16)
2.3.1 Mei Village: An Example of Agricultural Crisis and Its Impact on Outmigration
51(3)
2.3.2 Migrant Workers Who Settle in Urban Areas
54(4)
3 Starting Research in Mei Village: Topic Determination During Fieldwork
58(4)
4 Methods
62(5)
4.1 Choosing the Key Informants
63(4)
5 Multiple Positions: Conducting Research "at Home" and Beyond
67(3)
3 The Commodity Chain of River Sand and the Ecological Consequences of River-Sand Mining 70(47)
1 The Commodification of River Sand
70(5)
1.1 The Increase in River Sand Prices and the Use of New Technology
74(1)
2 The Sand Rush along the Maoling River
75(18)
2.1 Illegal Sand Miners on the Upper Reaches of the Maoling River
76(2)
2.2 Illegal Sand Miners on the Lower Maoling River
78(7)
2.2.1 Case Study 1: The Family-Owned Sand Company
79(4)
2.2.2 Case Study 2: Changing Status from Worker to Owner
83(2)
2.3 The Outsiders and the Insiders: The Boom in Illegal Sand Mining
85(8)
2.3.1 Case Study of a Female Miner: No Worry about the Customers
89(1)
2.3.2 Case Study of a Local Miner Restarting His Business: Performing a Rite before Mining
90(3)
3 The Role of Sand Wholesalers and the Sand Market in the Commodity Chain
93(6)
3.1 A Sand Wholesaler in Qinzhou City
94(1)
3.2 The Sand Market in Nanning City
95(2)
3.3 Truck and Ship Owners
97(2)
4 The Ecological Consequences of Sand Commodification
99(15)
4.1 Loss of Fish Species
100(2)
4.2 Water Pollution
102(3)
4.3 Destruction of Riverbanks and Adjacent Farmlands
105(4)
4.4 Loss of life
109(2)
4.5 Damage to Infrastructure: Roads and Bridges
111(3)
5 Conclusion
114(3)
4 Government Policies and the Commodification of River Sand 117(32)
1 Project-Based Development and Its Role in the Marketization of Sand
117(4)
2 Urbanization in Formerly Rural Areas
121(13)
2.1 The Incorporation of Rural Areas into Large Cities
122(3)
2.2 Rapidly Expanding Towns
125(3)
2.3 Rebuilding the Administrative Committee's Offices
128(1)
2.4 Private House Construction in Rural Areas
129(5)
3 Infrastructural Projects in Rural Areas
134(9)
3.1 Water Conservation
134(1)
3.2 Two Case Studies of the "One Project, One Discussion System"
135(32)
3.2.1 Case Study 1: A 390-meter Cement Road Project in Mei Village in 2012
137(2)
3.2.2 Case Study 2: A 220-meter Cement Road Project in Mei Village in 2015
139(4)
4 The Counterproductive Aspects of the Project System in Villages
143(4)
5 Conclusion
147(2)
5 State Ownership and Governmental Management of River Sand 149(37)
1 Laws Governing River-Sand Mining and the State Ownership of River Sand
150(5)
2 Horizontal Politics in the Governance of River-Sand Mining
155(5)
3 Vertical Politics in the Governance of River-Sand Mining
160(6)
4 Sand-Management Policies at the Provincial Level: Power Decentralization and Autonomy
166(1)
5 River-Sand Auctions at the Prefectural Level: Sand-Mining Licensing in Practice
167(10)
5.1 The Deceptive Success of Auctions of Sand-Mining Licenses
168(4)
5.2 The Effects of Corruption and Mismanagement on the Sand-Mining License System
172(5)
6 The (Non-)Governance of River Sand at the Township Level: A Lack of Authority
177(4)
7 Discussion and Conclusion
181(5)
6 Zhuang Villages' Perspectives on Property Rights "This is Our Sand" 186(25)
1 The Emergence of Sand "Thieves" and Ownership Problems
187(2)
2 The "Blame Game" and the Complexity of Rights on the Commons
189(5)
3 Selling Sand on the Instructions of Government Officials
194(3)
4 Selling Sand to Defend a Village's Right to Common Resources
197(6)
5 An Illegal Sand Agreement and Its Implications
203(5)
6 Discussion and Conclusion
208(3)
7 The Sociocultural Consequences of Illegal Sand Mining and Local Resistance 211(25)
1 Consequences for Agricultural Livelihoods
212(2)
2 Social Conflicts and Local Resistance against Sand Mining
214(14)
2.1 Resistance through Throwing Stones
216(2)
2.2 Resistance through Appealing to Formal Government Channels
218(3)
2.3 Resistance through Petitioning
221(3)
2.4 Resistance through Social Media
224(4)
3 Sand Exploitation and Its Impact on Indigenous Belief Systems
228(6)
3.1 Case One: The Supernatural Punishment of Violators
230(1)
3.2 Case Two: The Infestation of Gods' Trees by Insects
230(1)
3.3 Case Three: The Death of Some Elders
231(3)
4 Discussion and Conclusion
234(2)
8 Conclusion 236(11)
References 247(34)
Index 281
Qian Zhu, Ph.D. (1984), is a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Sociology and Anthropology of Sun Yat-sen University. She has published several articles in Journal of Chinese Overseas, Ecological Economic Review, and Soil & Social Sciences in Guangdong.