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The Reach of the State

Sketches of the Chinese Body Politic

By: Vivienne Shue

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The Reach of the State

Sketches of the Chinese Body Politic

By: Vivienne Shue

These four conceptual and critical essays on state and society in contemporary China argue vigorously against the grain of prevailing scholarly interpretation. In substantive content, they explore two major themes from different historical and theoretical points of departure. First, the author argues that the party/state under Mao fell far short of the full control over China's peasant society that outside observers often assumed it had achieved. She shows, instead, how the Maoist state frequently pursued policies that in fact had the ironic effect of strengthening the resistance of rural communities against the central political apparatus. Second, she contends that once the true limitations on the Maoist state's power in rural areas are rightly understood, it becomes clear that one effect of the post-Mao economic and political reforms may be to enhance rather than to diminish the state's authority in the countryside — despite all the reformists' rhetoric to the contrary. These essays on "how to think about the Chinese state" are designed to stimulate debate about assumptions and methods in the field of Chinese political analysis. The controversies they raise, however, make them highly relevant to scholars outside Chinese studies who are interested in theories of the state, in the interrelations of state and society, and in the fate of the peasantry under socialism.

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0804766657

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Tethered Deer

Government and Economy in a Chinese County

By: Marc J. Blecher,Vivienne Shue

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Government and Economy in a Chinese County

By: Marc J. Blecher,Vivienne Shue

This is the first systematic, longitudinal study of the organization and operations of Chinese government at the county level. Highlighting the relationships between county officials and the administrative and production units above and below them, the authors open a window on the vast bureaucratic middle ground between Beijing policymaking and community-level politics.

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The Reach of the State

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The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces

By: Ezra Vogel,Margie Sargent,Vivienne B. Shue,Thomas Jay Mathews,Deborah S. Davis

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The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces

By: Ezra Vogel,Margie Sargent,Vivienne B. Shue,Thomas Jay Mathews,Deborah S. Davis

Four case studies, all revisions of papers originally prepared for a seminar on Chinese Communist society held in the spring of 1970 at the East Asian Research Center, Harvard University.

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1684171733

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9781684171736

Tethered Deer

Government and Economy in a Chinese County

By: Marc J. Blecher,Vivienne Shue

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Government and Economy in a Chinese County

By: Marc J. Blecher,Vivienne Shue

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The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces

By: Ezra Vogel,Margie Sargent,Vivienne B. Shue,Thomas Jay Mathews,Deborah S. Davis

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By: Ezra Vogel,Margie Sargent,Vivienne B. Shue,Thomas Jay Mathews,Deborah S. Davis

Four case studies, all revisions of papers originally prepared for a seminar on Chinese Communist society held in the spring of 1970 at the East Asian Research Center, Harvard University.

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Book's by Vivienne Shue

The Reach of the State

The Reach of the State

Tethered Deer

Tethered Deer

The Reach of the State

The Reach of the State

The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces

The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces

Tethered Deer

Tethered Deer

The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces

The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces

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