This study takes Xincun Village (to protect the privacy of the village, the name we are using is not the real name of the village) in the Golden Triangle of China's coal industry to conduct research focused on the frequent occurrence of anomic social actions by villagers after sudden wealth. Based on 160 days of structured and semistructured interviews, the results show that the anomic actions of suddenly wealthy groups mainly include self, other and socially oriented actions. The implication is that appropriate governance measures can weaken or prevent the occurrence of anomie and its devastating consequences.
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley
Region: Global
Type: Article
CITATION
Cheng, J., Zhang, R., Liu, Y., & Wang, C. (2021). Social anomie induced by resource development projects: A case of a coal mining project. Journal of International Development, jid.3593. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3593
(https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jid.3593)