| Description |
viii, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Papers originally presented at a conference held in Shanghai, China, June 27-29, 2004. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-270) and index. |
| Contents |
Privatizing China : powers of the self, socialism from afar / Aihwa Ong and Li Zhang -- Private homes, distinct lifestyles : performing a new middle class / Li Zhang -- Property rights and homeowner activism in new neighborhoods / Benjamin L. Read -- Socialist land masters : the territorial politics of accumulation / You-tien Hsing -- Tax tensions : struggles over income and revenue / Bei Li and Steven M. Sheffrin -- "Reorganized moralism" : the politics of transnational labor codes / Pun Ngai -- Neoliberalism and Hmong/Miao transnational media ventures / Louisa Schein -- Consuming medicine and biotechnology in China / Nancy N. Chen -- Should I quit? : tobacco, fraught identity, and the risks of governmentality / Matthew Kohrman -- Wild consumptions : relocating responsibilities in the time of SARS / Mei Zhan -- Post-Mao professionalism : self-enterprise and patriotism / Lisa M. Hoffman -- Self-fashioning Shanghainese : dancing across spheres of value / Aihwa Ong -- Living buddhas, netizens, and the price of religious freedom / Dan Smyer Yu -- Privatizing control : Internet cafes in China / Zhou Yongming -- Thinking outside the Leninist corporate box / Ralph A. Litzinger. |
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Privatization -- Social aspects -- China -- Congresses.
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Communism and individualism -- China -- Congresses.
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Socialism -- China -- Congresses.
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Social ethics -- China -- Congresses.
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China -- Social conditions -- 1976-2000 -- Congresses.
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China -- Social conditions -- 2000- -- Congresses.
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China -- Social policy -- Congresses.
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China -- Economic conditions -- 1976-2000 -- Congresses.
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China -- Economic conditions -- 2000- -- Congresses.
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China -- Economic policy -- 1976-2000 -- Congresses.
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China -- Economic policy -- 2000- -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Zhang, Li, 1965-
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Ong, Aihwa.
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| ISBN |
0801473780 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780801445965 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0801445965 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780801473784 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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