Associations and the Chinese State: Contested Spaces
Contested Spaces
1st Edition
Published on 18. December 2014
288 pages
978-1-317-47632-0 (ISBN)
Description
What role do Chinese popular associations play in the expansion of civil society and democratization? Under Mao few associations were permitted to exist, while today over 200,000 associations are officially recognized. Are they important foundations of civil society, or vehicles for state corporatism and control? In this book leading China specialists examine an interesting range of associations, from business associations to trade unions, to urban homeowners associations, women's groups against domestic violence, and rural NGOs that develop anti-poverty programs. The contributors find different important trends underway in different parts of China's economy and society. Their findings are nuanced, insightful - and often not what might be expected.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
bibliography, index
File size
1,42 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-47632-0 (9781317476320)
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09/2008
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Person
Jonathan Unger
Content
Introduction, Jonathan Unger; Chapter 1 Civil Society in a Transitional State: The Rise of Associations in China, AndrewWatson; Chapter 2 Associations in a Bind: The Emergence of Political Corporatism, Jonathan Unger, Anita Chan; Chapter 3 China's Trade Unions in Corporatist Transition, Anita Chan; Chapter 4 Embedded within State Agencies: Business Associations in Yantai, Kenneth W. Foster; Chapter 5 The Strange Marriage between the State and Private Business in Beijing, Jonathan Unger; Chapter 6 The Price of Competition: The Failed Government Effort to Use Associations to Organize China's Market Economy, Scott Kennedy; Chapter 7 Airing Dirty Laundry in Public: Anti-Domestic Violence Activism in Beijing, Samantha Keech-Marx; Chapter 8 Civil Society and the Anatomy of a Rural NGO, Xin Zhang, Richard Baum; Chapter 9 Democratizing the Neighborhood? New Private Housing and Home-Owner Self-Organization in Urban China, Benjamin L. Read;
