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The transition from plan to market first began in rural Chinathree decades ago. Sociologists since then have sought to analyzethe impact of such a shift on the pattern of social stratificationand mobility. This book uses rural China as a case to show adistinct pattern of inequality and mobility, characterized by lowbarriers of entry into private entrepreneurship, shared resourceaccess between cadre entrepreneurs and non-cadre entrepreneurs, andthe emergence of a dual elite structure, with the majority of localcadres holding onto cadre posts and the majority of entrepreneurscoming from non-cadre background. It emphasizes the massive entryof small enterprises into the private sector as a distinct form ofmarket transition, to be distinguished from transitions driven bythe large-scale privatization of state enterprises. This bookshould be useful to scholars and graduate students interested insocioeconomic changes in transitional societies.