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Bingbing Zhou, Ph.D. studentSchool of Sustainability, Arizona State University

Outline

• Introduction

• The three cases

• Implications

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“There is nothing new under the sun, but there is something old we do not know.” —— Laurence J. Peter

DMSP-OLS Nighttime Lights Rural Survey in 2010

About Me

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(Source:Google Images)

Prof. Marty Anderies

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Prof. Marty Anderies

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(Source:Google Images)

Prof. Marty Anderies

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(Source: https://www.slideshare.net/ossamamotawae/leadership-part-2-leadership-theories)

Egg or Chicken? Trait versus Function

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Three case studies in China

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Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Huaxi Village

(华西村)

Gangdi Village

(岗底村)

HuangxiVillage

(黄溪村)

(Source: Google map)

How were the villages like?

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Huaxiin 1961

Gangdiin 1996

Huangxi in 2008

Who were the leaders?

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Renbao Wulower-level official

1961-2013Huaxi Village

Baoguo Liprofessor of forestry

1996-2016Gangdi Village

Wannian Xubusinessman

2008-nowHuangxi Village

What did the leaders do?

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Renbao WuHuaxi

1961-2013

What did the leaders do?

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Baoguo LiGangdi

1996-2016

What did the leaders do?

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Wannian XuHuangxi

2008-now

Essence of leadership in rural development

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Implications for leadership-led rural development

• Leadership = Social capital + human capital?

• more social capital based leadership versus more human capital based leadership

• Individual leadership versus team leadership

• Strong motivation, be spiritual or material16

Future work• Fieldwork in Nanjing, China this summer

• Internship in governing bodies of China's villages/towns over the following summers

• Life-long career in contributing to rural sustainability via science-community partnership

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Thank You!谢 谢！

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Bingbing ZhouSchool of Sustainability