Contest for Citizenship and Collective Violence During China's Cultural Revolution

• Autore: Lijun Yang
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (473 pages)
• Disciplina: 951.056
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface to the English Edition -- Preface to the Chinese Edition -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: Central Themes and a Review of the Literature -- 1 Questions Raised -- 2 The History of Cultural Revolution Studies and Their Different Interpretations -- 2.1 Research on the Cultural Revolution in China -- 2.2 Cultural Revolution Studies in Japan -- 2.3 Cultural Revolution Studies in Europe and the United States -- The State-Centric Approach to Research -- The Socio-Centric Approach to Research -- Political Constructionist Research Methods -- 3 Methodology of Social Movement Research -- 3.1 Definition of Social Movements -- 3.2 Research on the Intrinsic Elements of Social Movements -- 3.3 Research on External Factors of Social Movements-The Relationship with Politics -- 3.4 The Relevance of Western Social Movement Literature and Cultural Revolution Studies -- 4 The Structure of this Book -- Notes -- 2 Institutional Approaches to the Cultural Revolution -- 1 On the Concept of Citizenship -- 1.1 Definition of Citizenship in Sociological Studies -- 1.2 Citizenship as an Intermediary between the State and Society -- 2 Institutional Spatial Configuration and Competition for Citizenship -- 2.1 The State, Factions, and Movements -- 2.2 Institutional Spatial Configuration of the State and Society -- 2.3 The State and Factions During the Cultural Revolution -- 3 Institutionalization and Collective Violence -- 4 Conscious Structures that Translate Loyalty into Benefits -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- 3 State-Building and the Reorganization of Institutional Spatial Configurations Before the Cultural Revolution -- 1 Penetration of State Power into Society at the Economic Level -- 1.1 Reorganization of the Institutional Spatial Configuration of the State and Society in the Countryside. ; 1.2 State-Society Interactions in the Reorganization of Institutional Spatial Configuration in Rural Areas -- 1.3 Reorganization of the Institutional Spatial Configuration of the State and Society in Cities -- Policies to Support the Development of State Enterprises -- Socialist Transformation of Capitalist Industry and Commerce -- Establishment of the "Work Unit" System -- 1.4 Establishment of the Household Registration System -- 2 Penetration of State Power into Society at the Organizational Level -- 2.1 The Building of the Communist Party Organization -- 2.2 Managed Mass Organizations -- 3 Ideological Saturation and the Creating of National Identity -- 3.1 The Ideology of the New State -- 3.2 Ideological Infiltration and its Impact on the Cultural Revolution -- 4 The "Great Leap Forward" as Economic Decentralization -- 4.1 The Idea of Power Decentralization -- 4.2 Characteristics of Economic Decentralization During the Great Leap Forward Period -- 5 The Cultural Revolution as Political Decentralization -- Notes -- 4 The System of Citizenship Distribution Before the Cultural Revolution -- 1 The Social Context of Faction Formation-Citizenship and the Citizenship Distribution System -- 1.1 Class Differences and Class Struggle -- 1.2 Urban-Rural Differences -- 1.3 Opportunity Distribution Gaps in Social Mobility -- Path to Higher Education -- Path to Military Service -- Path to Marriage -- Path to Political Activism -- 2 Citizenship Distribution and Collective Behavior During the Cultural Revolution -- Notes -- 5 The Rise and Fall of the "Old Red Guards" -- 1 The Socialization of Political Struggle at the Central Leadership Level -- 1.1 Criticism of Wu Han and the "Beijing Gang" -- 1.2 The May 16 Notification and the Red Guard Organization -- 2 The Politicization of Competing Interests Among Young People -- 2.1 Formation of Factions. ; 2.2 Types of Politicized Factional Behavior -- 2.3 The Struggle of the Two Commands and the Three Essays on the Rebellion Spirit -- 3 Acts of Rebellion by the "Old Red Guards" -- 3.1 The Object of Criticism -- 3.2 Behavioral Theory-Birth and Bloodline Descent Theory -- 3.3 Fragmentation and Disintegration -- Notes -- 6 The Rise and Fall of the Tsinghua University Jinggangshan Corps -- 1 The Rise of the Corps -- 1.1 Formation of the Faction -- 1.2 The Confrontation Between the 8-8 Faction and the 8-9 Faction -- 1.3 Composition of the Corps -- 2 Fragmentation and Competition Around "Revolution" -- 2.1 Fragmentation of the Corps -- 2.2 Centered Around Revolutionary Competition -- The Zhongnanhai Sit-In -- The Storming of the British Consulate -- The "Criticism of Xu Shiyou" Incident -- 3 Radicalization and the Disintegration of Organizations -- 3.1 Realization of the Grand Coalition -- 3.2 The Hundred Day War -- 3.3 Disintegration of the Organization -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- 7 The Reconstruction of the Regime and the Shanghai Model -- 1 The Social Context in the Development of the Shanghai Model -- 1.1 The Social Impact of the "Great Link-Up" -- 1.2 The Social Impact of the Workers' Rebellion -- 1.3 The Destruction of the Bureaucracy and Its Effects -- 2 The Rise of the Workers' General HQ and the Shanghai Model -- 2.1 Mao's Vision of the Cultural Revolution -- 2.2 The Rise of the Workers' General HQ -- 2.3 The Confrontation Between the Workers' General HQ and the Scarlet Guards -- Liberation Daily Incident -- "Kangping Road Incident" -- 2.4 The Establishment of the Shanghai Model and Mao's Concept of the Cultural Revolution -- 3 The Establishment of the Three-In-One Regime: National Chaos and Shanghai's Stability -- 3.1 Organized Power "Grabs" -- Curbing Chaotic Power Seizures. ; Zhang Chunqiao's Role in the Establishment of the Three-In-One Regime -- 3.2 The Role of the Workers' General HQ in the Stabilization of Shanghai -- Weakening of the Red Guard Rebel Organization -- Dissolution of the Three Corps -- The Destruction of the United Headquarters -- 3.3 The Quasi-Governmentalization of the Workers' General HQ -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- 8 Competing Strategies for Citizenship-The Cultural Revolution in Small Cities -- 1 The Rise of the Faction Leaders -- 1.1 Selection of the Four Cleans Movement Delegates -- 1.2 Cadre Evaluation -- 1.3 Establishment of the Red Guards Headquarters and Cultural Revolution Preparation Committee -- 1.4 The Formation of the Factions -- 2 Solidarity and Sectarianism -- 3 Resource Mobilization by Faction Leaders -- 3.1 Mobilization of Political Resources -- 3.2 Mobilization of Human Resources -- 4 Faction Conflict and Competition for Political Resources -- 5 Conclusion -- Notes -- 9 Radicalization of Factional Competition and Collective Violence -- 1 Types of Collective Violence -- 1.1 Inter-Factional Collective Violence -- 1.2 Intra-Factional Collective Violence -- 1.3 Collective Violence Between People's and Non-People's Groups -- 1.4 Collective Violence Perpetrated by Factions Against State Agents -- 2 Causes of Collective Violence -- 2.1 Power Struggles and Collective Violence Within the State -- 2.2 Inter-Factional Competition for Interests and Collective Violence -- 2.3 Competing Intra-Factional Interests and Collective Violence -- Competing Interests Within Factions -- Interaction Between Faction Leaders and Members -- 2.4 State-Society Interactions and Collective Violence -- 3 Heretical Thinking and Dropouts -- 3.1 Heretical Thinking -- Factional Competition and Heretical Thinking -- Conflict Between Factions and the State at the Ideological Level -- 3.2 The Emergence of Dropouts. ; 4 The Decline of Factional Conflict -- Notes -- 10 Collective Violence and Social Order -- 1 "Movement Order" and Collective Violence -- 2 Social Order Transformation and Collective Violence -- 2.1 Breaking the Old Order and Structural Violence -- 2.2 Building a New Order and Collective Violence -- 2.3 Restoration of Order and State Violence -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- 11 The Impact of the Cultural Revolution and the Transformation of Social Movements -- 1 The Main Causes of Collective Behavior During the Cultural Revolution -- 2 The Impact of the Cultural Revolution and the Transformation of State-Society Relations During the Reform and Opening-Up Period -- 2.1 Restructuring of the Spatial Configuration of State-Society Institutions -- 2.2 Advancement of Institution-Building -- Institutionalization at the National Level -- Institutionalization of the Social Dimension -- The Strengthening of Institutionalization of State-Society Interactions -- Ending Methods of Political Mobilization -- 3 Transformation of Social Movements in the Reform and Opening-Up Period -- 3.1 The Institutional Context in Which Social Movements Emerge -- 3.2 Social Movements in the Reform and Opening-Up Period -- 3.3 Features of Social Movements in the Reform and Opening-Up Period -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Postscript to the Japanese Edition -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subject.
• Titolo autorizzato: Contest for Citizenship and Collective Violence During China's Cultural Revolution
• ISBN: 9789819709069; 9789819709052
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910865278303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IPP Studies in the Frontiers of China's Public Policy Series