Vivienne Shue is Professor and Chair of the Department of Government at Cornell University.
These four conceptual and critical essays on state and society in contemporary China argue vigorously against the grain of prevailing scholarly interpretation. In substantive content, they explore two major themes from different historical and theoretical points of departure.
First, the author argues that the party/state under Mao fell far short of the full control over China's peasant society that outside observers often assumed it had achieved. She shows, instead, how the Maoist state frequently pursued policies that in fact had the ironic effect of strengthening the resistance of rural communities against the central political apparatus. Second, she contends that once the true limitations on the Maoist state's power in rural areas are rightly understood, it becomes clear that one effect of the post-Mao economic and political reforms may be to enhance rather than to diminish the state's authority in the countryside — despite all the reformists' rhetoric to the contrary.
These essays on "how to think about the Chinese state" are designed to stimulate debate about assumptions and methods in the field of Chinese political analysis. The controversies they raise, however, make them highly relevant to scholars outside Chinese studies who are interested in theories of the state, in the interrelations of state and society, and in the fate of the peasantry under socialism.
發表於2024-12-22
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圖書標籤: 政治學 海外中國研究 社會學 中國研究 中國政治 鄉村政治 Shue 政治社會學
Interesting argument which I cannot agree
評分國傢的整閤、抽取、介入和地方自主性。從毛時代的蜂巢到鄧時代的網,鄧(聯盟)以“現代化”為口號,完成模式的轉換。在之前,1911年革命之後,因為一直很苦逼,軍閥、日寇還有叛亂,國傢是比較無力的。 總之,主要的立足點在於打臉“totalitarianism”,提齣一個研究中國的新的可能,更希望超越這個可能。
評分在本書的第三章對於國傢滲透的狀況進行瞭精彩的分析,也是全書最大的亮點。對於打破我們對於1949-1980時代中國的偏見大有裨益。其他部分感覺一般。
評分Beautifully written, but sometimes can be repetitive.一些觀點過於ideal和simplified,在作者提齣關注“process”的同時卻缺乏更多的細緻描寫。當然不能太過苛求一本近似methodology的書。第一章對social scientist關於PRC的研究梳理得很好,第三章的長時段變遷閱讀體驗不錯但略顯粗糙。如果和Duara的作品一起讀會很有趣。雖然Duara同樣擅長建立新概念和模型,但相比Shue顯得更令人信服。Still biased toward a historian.
評分國傢的整閤、抽取、介入和地方自主性。從毛時代的蜂巢到鄧時代的網,鄧(聯盟)以“現代化”為口號,完成模式的轉換。在之前,1911年革命之後,因為一直很苦逼,軍閥、日寇還有叛亂,國傢是比較無力的。 總之,主要的立足點在於打臉“totalitarianism”,提齣一個研究中國的新的可能,更希望超越這個可能。
The Reach of the State 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載