04709nam 22007693u 450 991078641580332120230207220311.00-8223-9762-510.1515/9780822397625(CKB)3710000000116829(EBL)3007814(SSID)ssj0001227917(PQKBManifestationID)11738411(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001227917(PQKBWorkID)11280413(PQKB)11643625(MiAaPQ)EBC3007814(DE-B1597)554430(DE-B1597)9780822397625(OCoLC)1229161136(EXLCZ)99371000000011682920151005d2005|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolicing Chinese Politics[electronic resource] A HistoryDurham Duke University Press20051 online resource (427 p.)Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and SocietyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8223-3477-1 ""Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: A Theoretical Explanation""; ""1. Friends and Enemies: The War Within""; ""2. From Class to Nation: Limiting the Excess in Yanâ€?an""; ""3. The Government of Struggle: Institutions of the Binary""; ""4. The Years That Burned""; ""5. The End of the (Mass) Line? : Chinese Policing in the Era of the Contract""; ""Concluding Reflections""; ""Glossary""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""Beginning with the bloody communist purges of the Jiangxi era of the late 1920s and early 1930s and moving forward to the wild excesses of the Cultural Revolution, Policing Chinese Politics explores the question of revolutionary violence and the political passion that propels it. “Who are our enemies, who are our friends, that is a question germane to the revolution,” wrote Mao Zedong in 1926. Michael Dutton shows just how powerful this one line was to become. It would establish the binary division of life in revolutionary China and lead to both passionate commitment and revolutionary excess. The political history of revolutionary China, he argues, is largely framed by the attempts of Mao and the Party to harness these passions.The economic reform period that followed Mao Zedong’s rule contained a hint as to how the magic spell of political faith and commitment could be broken, but the cost of such disenchantment was considerable. This detailed, empirical tale of Chinese socialist policing is, therefore, more than simply a police story. It is a parable that offers a cogent analysis of Chinese politics generally while radically redrafting our understanding of what politics is all about. Breaking away from the traditional elite modes of political analysis that focus on personalities, factions, and betrayals, and from “rational” accounts of politics and government, Dutton provides a highly original understanding of the far-reaching consequences of acts of faith and commitment in the realm of politics.Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and SocietyChina -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryInternal security -- China -- History -- 20th centuryInterpersonal relations -- China -- History -- 20th centuryPolitical persecution -- China -- History -- 20th centuryInternal securityHistory20th centuryChinaPolitical persecutionHistory20th centuryChinaInterpersonal relationsHistory20th centuryChinaSocial Welfare & Social WorkHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCCriminology, Penology & Juvenile DelinquencyHILCCChina -- Politics and government -- 20th century.Internal security -- China -- History -- 20th century.Interpersonal relations -- China -- History -- 20th century.Political persecution -- China -- History -- 20th century.Internal securityHistoryPolitical persecutionHistoryInterpersonal relationsHistorySocial Welfare & Social WorkSocial SciencesCriminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency363.2/3Dutton Michael Robert638243Chow Rey559761Harootunian H.D636820AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910786415803321Policing Chinese Politics3775294UNINA