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China's sent-down generation : public administration and the legacies of Mao's rustication program /

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 examines the mechanisms and dynamics of state craft in Chin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rene, Helena K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, ©2013.
Colección:Public management and change.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The problem : how was China able to send 17 million urban youth to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution?
  • Administering economic development : a prelude to the Cultural Revolution and rustication
  • Mao's anti-bureaucratic ethos
  • The politics of the Cultural Revolution (1965-1967) : toppling bureaucrats, perduring bureaucracy
  • Rustication : policy and administrative implementation
  • Public administration and the sent-down experience
  • Conclusion : rustication as public administration
  • List of references
  • Appendix A : Interviewee profiles
  • Appendix B : Interview schedule.