LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background and Questions 1.1.1 Background 1.1.2 Questions 1.2 Research Purposes and Significance 1.2.1 Research Purposes 1.2.2 Significance 1.3 Structure of This Book 1.4 Methodology and Technology Roadmap 1.4.1 Methodology 1.4.2 Technical Roadmap CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL BASIS 2.1 Literature Review 2.1.1 Farmland Fragmentation 2.1.2 Rural Irrigation Collective Action 2.2 Theoretical Basis 2.2.1 Institutional Analysis and Development Framework 2.2.2 Social-ecological System Framework CHAPTER 3 LOGICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FARMLAND RESOURCES AND RURAL IRRIGATION COLLECTIVE ACTION 3.1 Collective Action of Small-scale Peasant Households 3.1.1 Historical Evolution of Participation of Small-scale Peasant Households in Rural Collective Action 3.1.2 Logical Relationship between the Characteristics of Small-scale Peasant Households and Rural Collective Action 3.1.3 Logic of Small-scale Peasant Households' Participation in Rural Collective Action based on IAD Framework 3.2 Farmland Resources and Rurallrrigation Collective Action 3.2.1 Farmland Size and Rurallrrigation Collective Action 3.2.2 Farmland Location and Rural Irrigation Collective Action 3.2.3 Farmland Property Rights and Rural Irrigation Collective Action 3.2.4 Logical Relationship between Farmland Resources and Rural Collective Action based on lAD Framework 3.3 Logical Relationship between Farmland Fragmentation and Rural Irrigation Collective Action 3.4 Conclusion CHAPTER 4 IMPACT OF FARMLAND RESOURCE ENDOWMENT ON RURAL IRRIGATION COLLECTIVE ACTION 4.1 Data 4.2 Model 4.3 Results 4.3.1 Descriptive Analysis 4.3.2 Results of Econometric Analysis 4.4 Conclusion …… CHAPTER 5 TOTAL EFFECT OF FARMLAND FRAGMENTATION ON RURAL IRRIGATION COLLECTIVE ACTION CHAPTER 6 MEDIATING EFFECT OF FARMLAND FRAGMENTATION ON RURAL IRRIGATION COLLECTIVE ACTION CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSIONS, POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROSPECTS REFERENCE