The Stratification And Differentiation Of A Suburban Village

Since the reform and opening-up,social stratification is a major social phenomenon in rural social transformation.Whether land using or farmer career change,Village change what caused by violent urbanization is a typical non-agricultural process.But non-agriculturization,as a structural dynamic,is just the starting point of rural social stratification,but not the all.D village,which is a suburban village,has shown a differentiation landscape——" village is districted,villagers are layered".This differentiationbegan with land acquisition and other related events, but by which specific mechanism these events build links with social stratification in D village? Which groups were benefited, which were thrown away from mainstream development circles?In this study,the author interviewed some people who related to these events,to obtain the required materials for case study.Through in-depth analysis of the materials,the author found some specific factors that lead to the differentiation in D village,then took "the appearance of differentiation"and "the expansion of differentiation" as a framework,to summary a mechanism of differentiation in the village.The "stiff and soft" management strategies (profit-seeking or stability-keeping) in local governance was placed on the Field——land acquisition,which unexpectedly provided opportunities for differentiation in D village development. The opening of "the north gate" was actually a local policy, and its significance was not limited to the land acquisition Field,but had great space-time extension. It Signified the development direction of villagers and the political and economic prospect of this village. "An end of agriculture" which was the direct result of the land acquisition event,and "infinite business opportunites" that brought from the opening of "the north gate" was put into D village.They jointly created a dynamic of differentiation environment in the non-agricultural process of D village.The fact that D village is behind Z school automatically coverted to a geographical advantage, then D village formed a differential land rent market.It was the location promotion;The mode of agricultural production like "facing the loess,back into the sky" turned into a kind of commercial management which foucus on"pursuit of profit".It was the industry transition.This change which took into account the match between people and industry factors has holden the real meaning of differentiation. In this process, the struggle for land acquisition and the land exchange became the arena of competitions among villagers.The individual differential use of senses of market,power resources and capital factors,were important parts in the expansion and stability of D village differentiation.In the geographical advantages background,the diversity of individual market consciousness (because various individual had different quantities of power resources) had additive effects,and then led to a center-edge position of profit distribution in D village.By the operation of "guanxi" capitals,villagers showed a qualifications difference which is"strong tie" —"weak tie". Then this differnce had expanded in the next part like land auctions,and eventually transformed into a "labor-capital "differentiation.