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Klappentext This book examines the important theme of reform and reconstruction in twentieth century China, focusing particularly on the Deng era. Chapters are organized around three crucial issues: (i) the extent and limits of state control over economic, social, and cultural life; (ii) prospects for the development of a civil society separate from state control;and (iii) the struggle to define a Chinese national identity which takes China's ethnic diversity into consideration. Zusammenfassung This text argues that the underlying theme of China's development trajectory in the 20th century is reconstruction or "jianshe". Contributors examine how a range of people have reacted to the movements and transitions, highlight the importance of the state and prospects for a national identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard and David Strand: Introduction Part I: State Control 2: David Strand: Calling the Chinese People to Order: Sun Yat-Sen's Rhetoric of Development 3: Ryosei Kokubun: The Essence of Contemporary Chinese Bureaucracy: Socialism, Modernization, and Political Culture 4: Cecilia Milwertz: Control as Care: Interaction between Urban Women and Birth Planning Workers 5: Susan Young: Ownership and Community Interest in China's Rural Enterprises Part II: Civil Society 6: Stig Thøgersen: Reconstructing Society: Liang Shuming and the Rural Construction Movement in Shandong 7: Thomas Gold: Bases for Civil Society in Reform China 8: Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard: State and Society in Hainan: Liao Xun's Ideas on `Small Government, Big Society' 9: Torstein Hjellum: Is a Participant Culture Emerging in China? Part III: National Identity 10: David Strand: Party Policy and `National Culture': Towards a State-directed Cultural Nationalism in China? 11: Mette Halskov Hansen: Fostering `Love of Learning': Naxi Responses to Ethnic Images in Chinese State Education 12: Harald Bøckman: China Deconstructs? The Future of the Chinese Empire-State in a Historical Perspective Index ...
