| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第10-12页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS | 第20-22页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第22-40页 |
| 1.1 Background and rationale of the study | 第22-28页 |
| 1.2 Problem statement | 第28-30页 |
| 1.3 Objectives of the study | 第30-31页 |
| 1.4 Research questions | 第31-32页 |
| 1.5 Significance of the study | 第32-35页 |
| 1.5.1 Bottom-up approach to solving rural poverty | 第32-33页 |
| 1.5.2 Ease of tension, conflicts and rural social unrest | 第33页 |
| 1.5.3 Jobs creation for rural economic growth and development | 第33-34页 |
| 1.5.4 Impact on global poverty alleviation | 第34-35页 |
| 1.5.5 Strengthening of Sen's Capability Approach on poverty studies | 第35页 |
| 1.5.6 Fill knowledge gap and literature on farmer entrepreneurship-rural poverty nexus | 第35页 |
| 1.6 Organization of the dissertation | 第35-37页 |
| 1.7 Main study innovations | 第37-40页 |
| 1.7.1 Community self-help spirit | 第38页 |
| 1.7.2 Capability training enhancement as solution to rural poverty | 第38-39页 |
| 1.7.3 Improvement of public goods supply in rural areas | 第39-40页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第40-63页 |
| 2.1 Meaning of poverty | 第40-42页 |
| 2.2 Dimensions of poverty | 第42-51页 |
| 2.2.1 Human poverty | 第42-44页 |
| 2.2.2 Economic poverty | 第44-46页 |
| 2.2.3 The culture of poverty | 第46-48页 |
| 2.2.4 Rural versus urban poverty | 第48页 |
| 2.2.5 Chronic versus transient poverty | 第48-49页 |
| 2.2.6 Absolute versus relative poverty | 第49-50页 |
| 2.2.7 Situational versus generational poverty | 第50页 |
| 2.2.8 Objective versus subjective poverty | 第50-51页 |
| 2.3 Conceptualizing rural poverty | 第51页 |
| 2.4 Causes of rural poverty in China | 第51-53页 |
| 2.5 Meaning of entrepreneurship | 第53页 |
| 2.6 Conceptualizing farmer entrepreneurship | 第53-55页 |
| 2.7 Some characteristics of farm entrepreneurs in China | 第55-56页 |
| 2.8 Understanding China's rural reforms,agricultural growth and poverty reduction | 第56-61页 |
| 2.8.1 The rural economic reforms | 第56-57页 |
| 2.8.2 The price reforms | 第57-58页 |
| 2.8.3 The household responsibility system (HRS) | 第58-59页 |
| 2.8.4 The market and planning reforms | 第59-60页 |
| 2.8.5 Key benefits of the rural reforms to farmers | 第60-61页 |
| 2.9 The influence of economic growth on rural poverty | 第61-63页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: THE CAPABILITY APPROACH AND HYPOTHESES DEVELOPMENT | 第63-85页 |
| 3.1 Theoretical framework: The Capability Approach | 第63-69页 |
| 3.1.1 Conceptual framework of the capability approach | 第66-67页 |
| 3.1.2 Definition of some terminologies | 第67-68页 |
| 3.1.3 Basic capabilities and rural poverty indicators | 第68-69页 |
| 3.2 Hypotheses development and research model | 第69-85页 |
| 3.2.1 Link between educational capabilities and alleviation of rural poverty | 第70-73页 |
| 3.2.2 Link between economic capabilities and alleviation of rural poverty | 第73-76页 |
| 3.2.3 Link between socio-cultural capabilities and alleviation of rural poverty | 第76-78页 |
| 3.2.4 Link between farmer entrepreneurship and rural poverty | 第78-85页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESEACH DESIGN, STUDY AREA AND THE CHOICE OF STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING | 第85-111页 |
| 4.1 Research design | 第85-102页 |
| 4.1.1 Description of study regions | 第85-97页 |
| 4.1.2 Sampling procedure | 第97-98页 |
| 4.1.3 Data collection and sample size | 第98-101页 |
| 4.1.4 Survey instrument | 第101-102页 |
| 4.2 Research methodology | 第102-111页 |
| 4.2.1 Structural equation modeling (SEM) | 第102-107页 |
| 4.2.2 The analysis of moment structures (AMOS) | 第107-108页 |
| 4.2.3 Selection of goodness-of-fit statistics | 第108-111页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE ANALYSIS OF DATA AND EMPIRICAL RESULTS | 第111-133页 |
| 5.1 Analysis of data | 第111-114页 |
| 5.1.1 Reliability and validity tests | 第111-114页 |
| 5.2 Empirical results | 第114-133页 |
| 5.2.1 Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents | 第114-116页 |
| 5.2.2 Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) | 第116-118页 |
| 5.2.3 Descriptive statistics | 第118-119页 |
| 5.2.4 Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) | 第119-133页 |
| CHAPTER SIX DISCUSSION AND OUTLINE OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS | 第133-144页 |
| 6.1 Discussion | 第133-138页 |
| 6.1.1 Rural poverty re-defined | 第133-134页 |
| 6.1.2 The age factor | 第134-135页 |
| 6.1.3 The gender factor | 第135-136页 |
| 6.1.4 The education factor | 第136-137页 |
| 6.1.5 The household income factor | 第137-138页 |
| 6.2 Farmer entrepreneurship-capabilities-rural poverty nexus | 第138-140页 |
| 6.2.1 Farm entrepreneurs' capabilities effect on entrepreneurial growth | 第138-139页 |
| 6.2.2 Effect of farmer entrepreneurship on rural poverty alleviation | 第139-140页 |
| 6.3 Policy recommendations | 第140-144页 |
| 6.3.1 Intensification of farm entrepreneurial skills training | 第141页 |
| 6.3.2 Deepening rural reforms through farmer entrepreneurship growth | 第141-142页 |
| 6.3.3 Formulation of national farmer entrepreneurship policy | 第142页 |
| 6.3.4 Support for science and technology to improve talents in agriculture | 第142-144页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN STUDY SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH | 第144-153页 |
| 7.1 Study Summary | 第144-146页 |
| 7.2 Conclusions | 第146-148页 |
| 7.2.1 Theoretical conclusions | 第146-147页 |
| 7.2.2 Empirical conclusions | 第147-148页 |
| 7.3 Study implications | 第148-150页 |
| 7.3.1 Managerial implications | 第148-149页 |
| 7.3.2 Academic implications | 第149-150页 |
| 7.4 Study limitations and future research | 第150-153页 |
| 7.4.1 Study limitations | 第150页 |
| 7.4.2 Direction for future research | 第150-153页 |
| REFERENCES | 第153-180页 |
| APPENDICES | 第180-192页 |
| Appendix A: Research Questionnaire in Chinese and English | 第180-186页 |
| Appendix B: Results of correlation matrix analysis | 第186-189页 |
| Appendix C: Administrative hierarchy in China's governance | 第189-190页 |
| Appendix D: China's administrative divisions | 第190-191页 |
| Appendix E: Drawing icons in AMOS | 第191页 |
| Appendix F: Selected goodness-of-fit indices, meanings and cut-off criteria | 第191-192页 |
| ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS | 第192-193页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第193-195页 |
