Moral Politics in a South Chinese Village: Responsibility, Reciprocity, and ResistanceRowman & Littlefield, 2003 - 287 páginas Exploring sensitive issues often hidden to outsiders, this engaging study traces the transformation and economic development of a south China village during the first tumultuous decade of reform. Drawing on a wealth of intimate detail, Ku explores the new sense of risk and mood of insecurity experienced in the post-reform era in Ku Village, a typical hamlet beyond the margins of richer suburban areas or fertile farmland. Villagers' dissatisfaction revolves around three key issues: the rising cost of living, mounting agricultural expenses, and the forcible implementation of birth-control quotas. Faced with these daunting problems, villagers have developed an array of strategies. Their weapons include resisting policies they consider unreasonable by disregarding fees, evading taxes, and ignoring strict family planning regulations; challenging the rationale of official policies and the legitimacy of the local government and its officials; and reestablishing clan associations to supercede local Party authority. Using lively everyday narratives and compelling personal stories, Ku argues that rural people are not in fact powerless and passive; instead they have their own moral system that informs their everyday family lives, work, and political activities. Their code embodies concepts of fairness and justice, a concrete definition of the relationship between the state and its citizens, an understanding of the boundaries and responsibilities of each party, and a clear notion of what constitutes good and bad government and officials. On the basis of these principles, they may challenge existing policies and deny the authority of officials and the government, thereby legitimizing their acts of self-defense. Through his richly realized ethnography, Ku shows the reader a world of memorable, fully realized individuals striving to control their fate in an often arbitrary world. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 33
Página 61
... tion and they had no more land . But the work team cadres said that they were still landlords , just bankrupt landlords [ pochan dizhu ] . Funny ! Our Commu- nist Party was very good at naming . Some people were named only because they ...
... tion and they had no more land . But the work team cadres said that they were still landlords , just bankrupt landlords [ pochan dizhu ] . Funny ! Our Commu- nist Party was very good at naming . Some people were named only because they ...
Página 67
... tion , it was impossible to live . So I decided to plant some sweet potatoes and sold them in the open market . But the leader of our team — I don't want to say who he was - didn't allow it and criticized me for walking down the road to ...
... tion , it was impossible to live . So I decided to plant some sweet potatoes and sold them in the open market . But the leader of our team — I don't want to say who he was - didn't allow it and criticized me for walking down the road to ...
Página 69
... tion brigade and administrative district . Songsheng made the same observa- tion about cadres : " In the collective era , when we said yes , no villagers dared to say no . It was because the villagers had to ask us for everything ...
... tion brigade and administrative district . Songsheng made the same observa- tion about cadres : " In the collective era , when we said yes , no villagers dared to say no . It was because the villagers had to ask us for everything ...
Contenido
Intro China and the Location of Guangdong Province | 3 |
Staying in the Village Exploring the World of Renqing Guanxi 333 | 23 |
1 | 26 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 20 secciones no mostradas
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Moral Politics in a South Chinese Village: Responsibility, Reciprocity, and ... Hok Bun Ku Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
Moral Politics in a South Chinese Village: Responsibility, Reciprocity, and ... Hok Bun Ku Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
Términos y frases comunes
administrative district agricultural ancestral hall asked became birth control brigade Brother Xin campaign China collective committee commune Communist Party contracted land Cultural Revolution Deng Deng Xiaoping discourse economic election everyday family planning fengshui fruit ganqing Gongwang grain Guangdong Guangzhou guanxi Guanyin Hakka harvest Hong Kong households hukou ideology income Ku Village labor lagers land reform landlords living Mao's Maoist mass media Mei County Meixian Meixian County Meizhou ment Ming moral official old villagers organization overseas Chinese overseas villagers Pearl River Delta peasant people's political pomelo trees poor population practice production quota relationship resistance rice rural China rural reform Shatian pomelo social socialist society Songkou Songnan tion told township government Uncle Leng Uncle Si Uncle Xiang University Press urban village cadres village head Wenming Xiaohuang young villagers yuan Yueshun zeren
Referencias a este libro
Gender and Community Under British Colonialism: Emotion, Struggle and ... Siu Keung Cheung Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |