The Specter of "the People" : Urban Poverty in Northeast China /

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"Despite massive changes to its economic policies, China continues to define itself as socialist; since 1949 and into the present, the Maoist slogan "Serve the People" has been a central point of moral and political orientation. Yet several decades of market-based reforms have resulte...

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Main Author: Cho, Mun Young, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Socialism and culture.
Poverty.
Ethnology.
Economic history.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Ethnologie > Chine > Harbin.
Socialisme et culture > Chine > Harbin.
Pauvrete > Chine > Harbin.
Ethnology > China > Harbin Shi.
Socialism and culture > China > Harbin Shi.
Poverty > China > Harbin Shi.
China > Harbin.
China > Harbin Shi
Harbin (China) > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. In search of "the People"
  • Chapter 2. Gambling on a new home
  • Chapter 3. On the border between "the People" and "the Population"
  • Chapter 4. The will to survive
  • Chapter 5. Inclusive exclusion
  • Chapter 6. Dividing the poor
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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