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The rise of the consumer in modern China /
A study of China's contemporary social change from the perspectives of consumption and consumerism. The book is the result of a seven-year research campaign conducted by leading Chinese academic Wang Ning. Detailed and comprehensive, it cites numerous policy documents and source material genera...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Reading, Englans] :
Paths International Ltd,
2012.
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| Colección: | Economic change in China series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Chapter One Theoretical Viewpoint, Research Framework and Methodology; Examination of the Theoretical Viewpoint; A. Theory of Social Stratification; B. Theory of Capital Control; C. Theory of Romanticism; D. Theory of Cultural Globalization; Comparison of Theoretical Perspectives; Research Framework; Research Methodology; A. Government Document Analysis; B. Qualitative Analysis; C. The Analysis of the Second-Hand Data; Basic Concepts and Terminology; A. System and Consumption System; B. Culture, Consumption Culture, Consumer Culture, Consumerism.
- C. Consumption, Consumer Goods, ConsumerD. Labor, Labor Enthusiasm, Labor Efficiency; E. Desire of Consumption and Labor Motivation; F. State; G. Legitimacy Resources; Chapter Two Institutional Arrangement of the Ascetic Society; Institutional Arrangements and Their Logic in Curbing Consumption; A. Institutional Arrangements to Curb Consumption; B. Institutional Arrangements and Logic of Private Consumption: The Example of the Centralized Purchase and Sale System; C. Institutional Arrangements of Collective Consumption and Their Logic; Institutional Arrangements of Labor Incentives.
- A. Sacred IncentivesB. The Macro Incentive System; C. Micro-incentive System; Derivative system: The Institutional Arrangements of Revolutionary Ideology; A. Plan of Transformation of Human Nature; B. System of Revolutionary Ideology; C. Persuasive System; D. The System of Criticism and Self-criticism; E. The System of Political Oppression (Movement of Class Struggle); Chapter Three Asceticism in the Main Structure of Society; The Main Goal of Shaping National Objectives; A. Althusser on the reproduction of production conditions, the ideological state apparatus and the social structure.
- B. Subject Model and Shaping the SubjectC. National Objectives and Social Structure; Holy Faith; A. Formation of Faith; B. The Sacred Party; C. Obedience and Submissiveness; The Concept of Frugality; A. Low Wages, Shortages of Consumer Goods and Monotonous Experience; B. Welfare and Experience of Egalitarianism; C. Concept of Frugality and Strategies; Dedication; A. Selfless Dedication; B. Not Asking for Remuneration; C. Not Seeking Fame; D. Serious Attitude and Being Responsible; Spiritual Crisis; A. The "Cultural Revolution" Experience; B. Spiritual Crisis.
- Chapter Four Transformation Towards a Consumer SocietyInstitutional Arrangements of Consumption After Reform and Opening Up; A. The Institutional Arrangements of Compensation for Consumption; B. Institutional Arrangements to Encourage Consumption; C. Transformation of the Collective Consumption System: The Example of Housing Reform; Transformation of Labor Incentive System: From Sacred Motives to Secular Incentives; A. Material Incentives and Distribution According to Work System; B. System Incentives and Labor System.