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Privatizing China: Socialism from Afar
Li Zhang (Ed.)
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Description for Privatizing China: Socialism from Afar
Paperback. Editor(s): Zhang, Li; Ong, Aihwa. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Everyday life in China is increasingly shaped by a novel mix of neoliberal and socialist elements, of individual choices and state objectives. This combination of self-determination and socialism from afar has incited profound changes in the ways individuals think and act in different spheres of society. Covering a vast range of daily life-from homeowner organizations and the users of Internet cafes to self-directed professionals and informed consumers-the essays in Privatizing China create a compelling picture of the burgeoning awareness of self-governing within the postsocialist context. The introduction by Aihwa Ong and Li Zhang presents assemblage as a ... Read more
Everyday life in China is increasingly shaped by a novel mix of neoliberal and socialist elements, of individual choices and state objectives. This combination of self-determination and socialism from afar has incited profound changes in the ways individuals think and act in different spheres of society. Covering a vast range of daily life-from homeowner organizations and the users of Internet cafes to self-directed professionals and informed consumers-the essays in Privatizing China create a compelling picture of the burgeoning awareness of self-governing within the postsocialist context. The introduction by Aihwa Ong and Li Zhang presents assemblage as a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
420g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801473784
SKU
V9780801473784
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About Li Zhang (Ed.)
Li Zhang is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of Strangers in the City. Aihwa Ong is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of several books, including Neoliberalism as Exception, Buddha Is Hiding, and Flexible Citizenship.
Reviews for Privatizing China: Socialism from Afar
Privatizing China is an outstanding contribution to the literature on the extraordinary changes taking place in China today. Its authors analyze fresh evidence through new and compelling frameworks that capture the often contradictory but always fascinating 'assemblages' that constitute Chinese social, economic, cultural, and political life. All of the essays adopt a mode of presentation and argumentation that moves back ... Read more