ISBN:
9780804760775
,
9780804771108
,
9780804760782
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 344 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific
Parallel Title:
Print version Rise of the Red Engineers : The Cultural Revolution and the Origins of China's New Class
DDC:
305.5/24095109045
Keywords:
Engineers History 20th century
;
Social classes History 20th century
;
Power (Social sciences) History 20th century
;
Elite (Social sciences) History 20th century
;
China History Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
Abstract:
Rise of the Red Engineers explains the tumultuous origins of the class of technocratic officials who rule China today
Description / Table of Contents:
EAST-WEST CENTER SERIES ON Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific; A Series Sponsored by the East-West Center - CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; PART ONE - Building Socialism (1949-1966); Chapter One - Political Foundations of Class Power; Red-over-Expert Power Structure; The Institutional Foundations of Political Capital; Bureaucratic Authority, Personal Dependency, and Social Hierarchy; Challenging the Political Hierarchy; Chapter Two - Cultural Foundations of Class Power
Description / Table of Contents:
Restructuring the Academic Credentialing SystemThe Education Revolution; Revival of Meritocracy; Chapter Three - Cradle of Red Engineers; Reproduction and Convergence of Elites; Cultivating a New Generation of Red Experts; Obstacles on the Red and Expert Road; PART TWO - The Cultural Revolution (1966-1968); Chapter Four - Political Versus Cultural Power; Mao Zedong's Goals; Going Around the Party; Birth of the Middle School Red Guards; A New Rebel Movement; Breaking Open Fissures Among Red and Expert Youth; Chapter Five - Uniting to Defend Political and Cultural Power
Description / Table of Contents:
The Rise of the Rebel MovementRadicals Versus Moderates; Leadership and Membership of the Radical and Moderate Factions; Uniting to Defend the Status Quo; The Cultural Revolution and the Coalescence of Political and Cultural Elites; PART THREE - Institutionalizing the Cultural Revolution (1968-1976); Chapter Six - Supervising the Red Engineers; Supervising Cadres and Teachers from Above and Below; Institutionalized Rebellion; The Limits of Institutionalized Rebellion; Institutionalized Factional Contention; Chapter Seven - Eliminating the Distinction Between Mental and Manual Labor
Description / Table of Contents:
Tug-of-War over Education PolicyRedistributing Access to Education; Reforming the "Breeding Ground of Intellectual Aristocrats"; Combining Theory and Practice; Eliminating Examinations and Reinforcing Collectivism; The July 21 Road; Leveling the Cultural Foundations of Class Power; Chapter Eight - Worker-Peasant-Soldier Students; Political Battles over the Recommendation System; Mass Recommendation and Local Cadres' Power; Characteristics of Worker-Peasant-Soldier Students at Tsinghua; Mass Recommendation and the Reproduction of Educated and Political Elites
Description / Table of Contents:
PART FOUR - The New Era (1976-Present)Chapter Nine - Rebuilding the Foundations of Political and Cultural Power; Rebuilding the Political Foundations of Class Power; Rebuilding the Cultural Foundations of Class Power; Chapter Ten - Triumph of the Red Engineers; Transforming the CCP into a Party of Experts; Red Experts Take Charge; A New Technocratic Class Order; Red Engineers Ascend to the Top; Chapter Eleven - Technocracy and Capitalism; Capitalist Transformation; The Impact of the Return of Economic Capital; Conclusion; Reference Matter
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix 1 - Tsinghua University Faculty, Production Workers, and Students, 1949-1992
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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