Organizing China

Author : Harry Harding
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1981-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804766272

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Organizing China by Harry Harding Pdf

Since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949, Chinese Communist leaders have constructed an administrative apparatus that has exercised broader and tighter control over Chinese society than any previous government in the country's history. This is a history of the development of Chinese organizational policy - a topic of constant concern and often strident debate - from 1949 to the death of Mao Tse-tung in 1976. The author argues that Chinese organizational policy has been controversial because of the complexity of administrative problems, the effects of policy changes on the distribution of power and status, and the philosophical dilemma of whether the efficiency of modern bureaucracy outweighs its social and political costs. He also shows how extreme approaches, such as demands during the Cultural Revolution that bureaucracy be destroyed altogether or proposals during the 1950s that the bureaucracy be rationalized, have been repeatedly rejected in favor of a policy more in keeping with much of Chinese tradition: to recruit officials on the basis of their political views, subject them to ideological indoctrination, and rely on mass campaigns to implement Party policy.

Author : Ane Bislev,Stig Thogersen
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739170106

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Organizing Rural China — Rural China Organizing by Ane Bislev,Stig Thogersen Pdf

During the early 1980s China embarked on what can be seen as one of the world’s largest social experiments ever. Decollectivization meant much more than the reorganization of agricultural production into family based farming. It signalled significant changes to rural social relations, when privatization, marketization and increased geographical mobility started tearing apart the economic and social institutions that had structured collective village life under Mao. The focus of this book is on how rural society has been reorganized in the 21st century. The first chapters outline the basic organizational structure of rural China and can be used as an introduction to the topic in a classroom setting. They show how the state and its social scientists draw up plans to overcome the perceived lack of rural social organization, and discuss the often problem-ridden implementation of their ideas. The second section presents case studies of institutions that organize key aspects of rural life: Boarding schools where rural children learn to accept organizational hierarchies; lineage organizations carving out new roles for themselves; “dragonhead enterprises” expected to organize agricultural production and support rural development, and several others. The book is of theoretical interest because of its focus on the re-embedding, or reintegration, of individuals into new types of collectivities, which are less predetermined by tradition and habit and more a matter of, at least perceived, individual choice. Most chapters are based on extensive fieldwork and contain vivid examples from daily life, which will make the book attractive to anyone who wants to understand how Chinese villagers experience the extraordinary social changes they are going through.

Author : David Wu
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780595267965

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Organizing for Profit in China by David Wu Pdf

Author : Ping-Chun Hsiung,Maria Jaschok,Cecilia Milwertz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000181647

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Chinese Women Organizing by Ping-Chun Hsiung,Maria Jaschok,Cecilia Milwertz Pdf

In the process of helping women to help themselves, female activists have assumed a decisive role in negotiating social and political transformations in Chinese society. This is the first book that describes and analyzes the new phase of women's organizing in China, which started in the 1980s, and remains a vital force to the present day. The political and social changes taking place in contemporary Chinese society have, surprisingly, received scant attention. This volume enriches our understanding of the working of grassroots democracy in China by exploring women's popular organizing activities and their interaction with party-state institutions. By subjecting these activities to both empirical enquiry and theoretical scrutiny, a rigorous analysis of the exchange, dialogue, negotiation and transformation among and within three groups of political actors - popular women's groups, religious groups and the All China Women's Federation - is concisely presented to the reader. This book will be of tremendous interest to students of Chinese Studies, Political Science and Gender Studies alike.

Author : Kaye Broadbent,Michele Ford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134125272

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Women and Labour Organizing in Asia by Kaye Broadbent,Michele Ford Pdf

This book investigates the role of women and labour activism in Asia, demonstrating that women have been active in union and non union based campaigns throughout the region. Although focusing primarily on women, the contributions to this book address issues that affect all workers. Chapters on China, India, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Bangladesh examine the part that female labour activism has played inside, and outside, formal union movements. Whilst documenting the peculiar factors characterising individual national contexts, the book emphasises the similarities in women’s experiences of union and labour activism and the barriers women labour activists have faced. It considers the relationships between women union members and activists and male officials and union members, links with other social movements – particularly the broader women’s movement – and the details of specific labour campaigns and struggles. In doing so, it provides a full account of the role of women in union activism in Asia, covering all the major economies of the region, and successfully challenging the prevailing conception of Asian women workers as passive and uninterested in industrial issues.

Author : Susan Pinsky
Publisher : Fair Winds Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781610583398

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Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD, 2nd Edition-Revised and Updated by Susan Pinsky Pdf

Organizing Solutions for People with ADD, 2nd Edition outlines new organizing strategies that will be of value to anyone who wants to improve their organizational skills. This revised and updated version also includes tips and techniques for keeping your latest technologies in order and for staying green and recycling with ease. Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are prevalent in society today, afflicting about 4.4% of the adult population—over 13 million Americans. Four out of every five adults do not even know they have ADD. The chapters, organized by the type of room or task, consist of practical organizing solutions for people living with ADD: At work: prioritizing, time management, and organizing documents At home: paying bills on time, decluttering your house, scheduling and keeping appointments With kids: driving them to various activities, grocery shopping and meals, laundry, babysitters, organizing drawers and closets And you: organizing time for your social life, gym, and various other hobbies and activities Color photographs that capture the short attention span of the reader are featured throughout, as well as sidebars and testimonials from adults with ADD, providing numerous organizational tips, such as the importance of dividing time into minutes or moments, task completion, how to avoid procrastination, asking for help, and how not to be a pack rat. Get your life in order with this witty and sympathetic guide to organization.

Author : Liudvika Leišytė,Uwe Wilkesmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317437345

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Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education by Liudvika Leišytė,Uwe Wilkesmann Pdf

Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education explores how managers influence teaching, learning and academic identities and how new initiatives in teaching and learning change the organizational structure of universities. By building on organizational studies and higher education studies literatures, Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education offers a unique perspective, presenting empirical evidence from different parts of the world. This edited collection provides a conceptual frame of organizational change in universities in the context of New Public Management reforms and links it to the core activities of teaching and learning. Split into four main sections: University from the organizational perspective, Organizing teaching, Organizing learning and Organizing identities, this book uses a strong international perspective to provide insights from three continents regarding the major differences in the relationships between the university as an organization and academics. It contains highly pertinent, scientifically driven case studies on the role and boundaries of managerial behaviour in universities. It supplies evidence-based knowledge on the effectiveness of management behaviour and tools to university managers and higher education policy-makers worldwide. Academics who aspire to institutionalize their successful academic practices in certain university structures will find this book of particular value. Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education will be a vital companion for academic interest in higher education management, transformation of universities, teaching, learning, academic work and identities. Bringing together the study of the organizational transformation in higher education with the study of teaching, learning and academic identity, Organizing Academic Work in Higher Education presents a unique cross-national and cross-regional comparative perspective.

Author : Jeffrey Scott McIllwain
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786481279

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Organizing Crime in Chinatown by Jeffrey Scott McIllwain Pdf

More than a century ago, organized criminals were intrinsically involved with the political, social, and economic life of the Chinese American community. In the face of virulent racism and substantial linguistic and cultural differences, they also integrated themselves successfully into the extensive underworlds and corrupt urban politics of the Progressive Era United States. The process of organizing crime in Chinese American communities can be attributed in part to the larger politics that created opportunities for professional criminals. For example, the illegal traffic in women, laborers, and opium was an unintended consequence of "yellow peril" laws meant to provide social control over Chinese Americans. Despite this hostile climate, Chinese professional criminals were able to form extensive multiethnic social networks and purchase protection and some semblance of entrepreneurial equality from corrupt politicians, police officers, and bureaucrats. While other Chinese Americans worked diligently to remove racist laws and regulations, Chinatown gangsters saw opportunity for profit and power at the expense of their own community. Academics, the media, and the government have claimed that Chinese organized crime is a new and emerging threat to the United States. Focusing on events and personalities, and drawing on intensive archival research in newspapers, police and court documents, district attorney papers, and municipal reports, as well as from contemporary histories and sociological treatments, this study tests that claim against the historical record.

Author : Sarosh Kuruvilla,Ching Kwan Lee,Mary E. Gallagher
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801462948

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From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization by Sarosh Kuruvilla,Ching Kwan Lee,Mary E. Gallagher Pdf

In the thirty years since the opening of China's economy, China's economic growth has been nothing short of phenomenal. At the same time, however, its employment relations system has undergone a gradual but fundamental transformation from stable and permanent employment with good benefits (often called the iron rice bowl), to a system characterized by highly precarious employment with no benefits for about 40 percent of the population. Similar transitions have occurred in other countries, such as Korea, although perhaps not at such a rapid pace as in China. This shift echoes the move from "breadwinning" careers to contingent employment in the postindustrial United States. In From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization, an interdisciplinary group of authors examines the nature, causes, and consequences of informal employment in China at a time of major changes in Chinese society. This book provides a guide to the evolving dynamics among workers, unions, NGOs, employers, and the state as they deal with the new landscape of insecure employment.

Author : Suisheng Zhao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317473299

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Debating Political Reform in China by Suisheng Zhao Pdf

The growing disconnect between China's market-oriented economy with its emerging civil society, and the brittle, anacronistic, and authoritarian state has given rise to intense discussion and debate about political reform, not only by Western observers, but also among Chinese intellectuals. While some expect China's political reform to lead to democratization, others have proposed to strengthen the institution of single-party rule and provide it with a solid legal base. This book brings the ongoing debate to life and explores the options for political reform. Offering the perspectives of both Western and Chinese scholars, it presents the controversial argument for building a consultive rule of law regime as an alternative to liberal democracy. It provides several critiques of this thesis, and then tests the thesis through empirical studies on the development of the rule of law in China.

Author : Sharon Wesoky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136711565

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Chinese Feminism Faces Globalization by Sharon Wesoky Pdf

Examining Chinese domestic as well as international circumstances surrounding the emergence of an independent women's movement in Beijing in the 1990s, this book seeks to explain how such a movement could have arisen after the repression of student activists in Tiananmen Square in 1989. It also places this emergence in the context of theories of social movements, civil society and globalization.

Author : Eileen Roth,Elizabeth Miles
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781118053713

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Organizing For Dummies by Eileen Roth,Elizabeth Miles Pdf

What’s the favorite four-letter word of people who are less than fully organized? “Help!” So many technological, social, and economic changes affect your life that you need organization just to keep up, let alone advance. Many people have two jobs – one at the office and one taking care of things at home. If you have a family, you may count that as a third job. Caring for elderly relatives or have community commitments? You can count off four, five, and keep right on going. No matter what life stage you’re in, getting organized can make every day better and help you achieve your long-term goals. Organizing For Dummies is for anyone who wants to Polish his or her professional reputation Experience less stress Increase productivity Build better relationships Maximize personal time Organization isn’t inherited. With the human genome decoded, the evidence is clear: DNA strings dedicated to putting things into place and managing your time like a pro are nonexistent. Instead, organization is a learned skill set. Organizing For Dummies helps you gain that skill with topics such as: Understanding how clutter costs you in time, money, and health Training your mind to be organized and developing a plan Cleaning house, room by room, from basement to attic (including the garage) Creating functional space for efficiency and storage Time-management strategies for home, office, and tavel Scheduling, delegating, and multitasking Making time for your family Managing your health – physical and financial Finding time for love Organizing and cashing in on a great garage sale Getting organized is about unstuffing your life, clearing out the dead weight in places from your closet to your calendar to your computer, and then installing systems that keep the good stuff in its place. Organizing is a liberating and enlightening experience that can enhance your effectiveness and lessen your stress every day – and it’s all yours simply for saying “No” to clutter.

Author : You Ji
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134728817

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China's Enterprise Reform by You Ji Pdf

China's basic work units, collectively known as the danwei system, have undergone significant reform, particularly since 1984. The author examines how this system operates and how reform is generating change in the party at grassroots level. The author demonstrates how China's post-Mao reforms have produced a quiet revolution from below as the process of political and economic liberalization has accelerated. This book presents new research findings that will be invaluable to those wishing to understand the nature of change in China.

Author : Mark Dougan
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415934265

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A Political Economy Analysis of China's Civil Aviation Industry by Mark Dougan Pdf

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Daniel R. Hammond
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781474420129

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Politics and Policy in China's Social Assistance Reform by Daniel R. Hammond Pdf

An experimental reading of The Second Sex through the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze.