Patrolling the Revolution - Worker Militias, Citizenship, and the Modern Chinese State

Informationen zum Autor By Elizabeth J. Perry Klappentext This pioneering study explores the role of working-class militias as vanguard and guardian of the Chinese Revolution. The book begins with the origins of urban militias in the late nineteenth century and follows their development to the present day. Elizabeth J. Perry focuses on the institution of worker militias as a vehicle for analyzing the changing (yet enduring) impact of China's revolutionary heritage on subsequent state-society relations. She also incorporates a strong comparative perspective, examining the influence of revolutionary militias on the political trajectories of the United States, France, the Soviet Union, and Iran. Based on exhaustive archival research, the work raises fascinating questions about the construction of revolutionary citizenship; the distinctions among class, community, and creed; the open-ended character of revolutionary movements; and the path dependency of institutional change. All readers interested in deepening their understanding of the Chinese Revolution and in the nature of revolutionary change more generally will find this an invaluable contribution. Zusammenfassung Explores the role of working-class militias as vanguard and guardian of the Chinese revolution. This book raises fascinating questions about the construction of revolutionary citizenship; the distinctions among class! community! and creed; the open-ended character of revolutionary movements; and the path dependency of institutional change. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Institutional OriginsChapter 2: Shanghai's Three Armed Uprisings, 1926-1927Chapter 3: China's First Leninist Party-State, 1927-1949Chapter 4: China's Second Leninist Party-State, 1949-1965Chapter 5: The Proletarian Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976Chapter 6: Patrolling the Post-Mao Reforms

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Perry, Elizabeth J Perry, Elizabeth J. Perry, Perry Elizabeth J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.08.2007
• EAN: 9780742539198
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3919-8
• No. of pages: 374
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Series: State & Society in East Asia; State & Society in East Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions, Asian studies;China studies