China's State Ideology and the Three Gorges Dam - The Political Theodicy of Development

This book uses the case of the Three Gorges Dam project to explore the Chinese state's use of ideology, namely the political theodicy of development, as a governing tactic in the reform era.

List of contents

1. Historical background of the dam 2. From "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" to "China Dream" - the concept of development under reform 3. "Science" and "Socialist Democracy" - a new mode of governance after Mao 4. "Common Prosperity" - spatial production and subject transformation at the Three Gorges 5. "Mother River" and "Second Cradle of Chinese Civilization" - the cultural re-encoding of the Yangtze as a futurist nation 6. "March Toward the International" - the politics of global capital and transnational resistance

About the author

Yuen-ching Bellette Lee teaches Chinese politics under reform and international relations of East Asia at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Product details

• Authors: Yuen-ching Bellette Lee
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 13.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032871080
• ISBN: 978-1-032-87108-0
• No. of pages: 170
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Regional Studies, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Marxism & Communism, China;Three Gorges Dam;reform;state ideology;governance