Ideology and Organization in Communist China

Schurmann, Franz

doi:10.5771/0506-7286-1970-3-407

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“…Cultures change, though; and the ends societies pursue have changed dramatically in the modern era, from Chinese communism (Schurmann, 1970), to Islamic scripturalism (Geertz, 1968), to the various resurgent nationalisms (Geertz, 1963;Gourevitch, 1979;Hannan, 1979). Faced with the challenge of the modern West, late-developing nations have constructed ascetic, this-worldly, modernizing ideologies (Wuthnow, 1980).…”

Section: Cultural Explanationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies

Swidler¹

1986

American Sociological Review

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Culture influences action not by providing the ultimate values toward which action is oriented, but by shaping a repertoire or "tool kit" of habits, skills, and styles from which people construct "strategies of action." Two models of cultural influence are developed, for settled and unsettled cultural periods. In settled periods, culture independently influences action, but only by providing resources from which people can construct diverse lines of action. In unsettled cultural periods, explicit ideologies directly govern action, but structural opportunities for action determine which among competing ideologies survive in the long run. This alternative view of culture offers new opportunities for systematic, differentiated arguments about culture's causal role in shaping action.

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Section: Cultural Explanationmentioning

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“…Established cultural ends are jettisoned with apparent ease, and yet explicitly articulated cultural models, such as ideologies, play a powerful role in organizing social life (see, for examples, Geertz, 1%8; Schurmann, 1970;Eisenstadt, 1970b;Walzer, 1974;Madsen, 1984;Hunt, 1984).…”

Section: Unsettled Livesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies

Swidler¹

1986

American Sociological Review

6,286

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“…Après avoir analysé l'évolution des politiques de l'ère de Mao, Susan Shirk conclut que la Chine est beaucoup plus décentralisée que ne l'était l'Union soviétique (Shirk 1993). Cette conclusion confi rme les observations de plusieurs chercheurs au sujet de la décentralisation chinoise dans le processus de décision et d'administration (Perkins 1966 ;Donnithorne 1967 ;Schurmann 1968 ;Richman 1969 ;Bastid 1973 ;Lardy 1975 ;Donnithorne 1976). Par comparaison avec celle menée par l'Union soviétique, la décentra-lisation est particulièrement évidente dans l'agriculture et dans le secteur des petites industries en Chine (Klatt 1981 ;Reynolds 1977).…”

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La voie chinoise de développement

Chen

2011

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RésuméPlusieurs modèles tentent de généraliser la réforme chinoise, mais le plus populaire, le consensus de Beijing, ne correspond pas à l’expérience chinoise. J’estime qu’il faut décrire cette expérience comme une « voie » plutôt que comme un « modèle » ou un « paradigme ». La voie chinoise de développement est un processus graduel, expérimental et simultané d’industrialisation, de marchéisation et de mondialisation sous la direction de l’État, un processus de libéralisation économique sans libéralisation politique. L’industrialisation est propulsée par le capital, la main-d’oeuvre et la technologie ; la marchéisation est introduite par la création d’un marché en dehors du plan étatique ; et la mondialisation est réalisée par une stratégie d’orientation vers l’exportation.

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“…Overall, they thought Chinese communist regime and the Soviet Union (especially in Stalin's era) had the same general characteristics in four aspects: "Official Ideology", "Party-State", "Plan Economic", "Secret Police" and "Party Monopoly of Media and Army". In addition, the party's political elites were highly united around comrade Mao Zedong (Schurmann, 1966;Walker, 1955;Barnett, 1960;Lewis, 1963).…”

Section: Retrospect On Research Literature Of China's Contemporary Pomentioning

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The Research Overview of Western Political Circles on China’s Political Ecology

Chen¹

2014

JPL

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Due to the difference of political system and great achievements of the reform and opening up, China's political ecology has attracted more and more attention from scholars at home and abroad. In China, political theory researchers are keen on explaining problems of China through western political theory, while western political academic circles cannot develop a macroscopic theory explaining political ecology with Chinese characteristics because of the inherent mind-set. Therefore, this thesis teases out China's political literature research by the west since the founding of PRC, attributes the uniqueness of China's political ecology to four aspects which are "Authoritarian Resilience" and "Party Adaptation", a civilization of long standing and a sense of national identity, Confucian culture and the traditional centralized management as well as the response of type conversion of leader cadres to social needs. This thesis puts up some proposals on politics study of China in the future, and explains macroscopic theory of China phenomenon with Chinese discourse.

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Ideology and Organization in Communist China

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Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies

Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies

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The Research Overview of Western Political Circles on China’s Political Ecology

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