China's Sent-Down Generation: Public Administration and the Legacies of Mao's Rustication Program (Public Management and Change)
Helena K. Rene
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Description for China's Sent-Down Generation: Public Administration and the Legacies of Mao's Rustication Program (Public Management and Change)
Paperback. During China's Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong's "rustication program" resettled seventeen million urban youths, known as "sent downs," to the countryside for manual labor and socialist reeducation. This book examines the mechanisms and dynamics of state craft in China, from the rustication program's inception to its termination. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 text boxes, 7 b&w photos, 3 figures, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; JFSF; JFSP2; JPFC; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
During China's Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong's "rustication program" resettled 17 million urban youths, known as "sent downs," to the countryside for manual labor and socialist reeducation. This book, the most comprehensive study of the program to be published in either English or Chinese to date, examines the mechanisms and dynamics of state craft in China, from the rustication program's inception in 1968 to its official termination in 1980 and actual completion in the 1990s. Rustication, in the ideology of Mao's peasant-based revolution, formed a critical component of the Cultural Revolution's larger attack on bureaucrats, capitalists, the intelligentsia, and ... Read more
During China's Cultural Revolution, Chairman Mao Zedong's "rustication program" resettled 17 million urban youths, known as "sent downs," to the countryside for manual labor and socialist reeducation. This book, the most comprehensive study of the program to be published in either English or Chinese to date, examines the mechanisms and dynamics of state craft in China, from the rustication program's inception in 1968 to its official termination in 1980 and actual completion in the 1990s. Rustication, in the ideology of Mao's peasant-based revolution, formed a critical component of the Cultural Revolution's larger attack on bureaucrats, capitalists, the intelligentsia, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Condition
New
Series
Public Management and Change Series
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589019874
SKU
V9781589019874
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About Helena K. Rene
Helena Rene completed her PhD in public administration at American University in 2010. She is a member of the board of directors of the Washington Institute of China Studies. Previously, she was a visiting lecturer at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and an adjunct professor of political science at Hood College.
Reviews for China's Sent-Down Generation: Public Administration and the Legacies of Mao's Rustication Program (Public Management and Change)
Made a great contribution to our understanding of Maoist Cultural Revolution and why its attempt to build a socialist society ultimately did not work. China Review International Any social issues collection strong in Chinese experience will find this an important revealing analysis-the best in print to date. Choice A rare and detailed piece of scholarship into the management of a ... Read more