Table of Contents

1: Introduction: The Great Leap Forward (1958-1960)
2: Central Policy Formulation Under a Dominant Mao
3: The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural and Agricultural Policies in 1958
4: The Ministry of Metallurgy and the Policies of Industrial Development in 1958
5: Agricultural and Rural Policies in Guangdong, 1958
6: Policies of Industrial Development in Guangdong, 1958
7: Conclusion

About the Author

Alfred L. Chan received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Toronto. He has taught at the University of Toronto, McGill University, and Carleton University. Currently he is an associate professor of political science at Huron College University, University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is also a Research Associate of the Joint Centre on Asia--Pacific Studies, York University, University of Toronto.

Reviews

China specialists who are interested in policy-making and implementation in 1958 will certainly find this book interesting. The China Quarterly A powerful, first rate study of politics and policy implementation in the Great Leap Forward. The China Journal Chan shows how Mao was able to dominate policymaking and to mobilize lower-rung cadres and ordinary citizens into his own modality of madness, and shows how all this impacted on the polity and society. He does all of this in a splendid manner, providing valuable insights into how recipients of the Great Leap resisted, or attempted to resist, Mao's folly. The China Journal