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Subaltern China
Behind China's growing economic and political power is a vast underworld of marginalized social groups.In this powerful and timely book, Wanning Sun focuses on the country's hundreds of millions of rural migrant workers, who embody China's most intractable problems of inequality.
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Out of Mao's shadow : the struggle for the soul of a new China
A vivid chronicle of the world's most successful authoritarian state. Pan, who reported from China for seven years, eluded the police and succeeded in going where few Western journalists have dared. From the rusting factories in the industrial northeast to a tabloid newsroom in the booming south, from a small-town courtroom to the plush offices of the nation's wealthiest tycoons, he takes us inside the battle for China's soul and into the lives of individuals struggling to come to terms with their nation's past and to take control of its future. Capitalism has brought prosperity and global respect to China, but the Communist government continues to resist the demands of its people for political freedom. The young people who filled Tiananmen Square in the spring of 1989 saw their hopes for a democratic China crushed, but Pan reveals that as older, more pragmatic adults, many continue to push for justice in different ways.--From publisher description.
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Burning Country
In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has become a warzone where foreign journalists find it almost impossible to report on life in this devastated land. Burning Country explores the horrific and complicated reality of life in present-day Syria with unprecedented detail and sophistication, drawing on new first-hand testimonies from opposition fighters, exiles lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and courageous human rights activists among many others. These stories are expertly interwoven with a trenchant analysis of the brutalisation of the conflict and the militarisation of the uprising, of the rise of the Islamists and sectarian warfare, and the role of governments in Syria and elsewhere in exacerbating those violent processes. With chapters focusing on ISIS and Islamism, regional geopolitics, the new grassroots revolutionary organisations, and the worst refugee crisis since World War Two, Burning Country is a vivid and groundbreaking look at a modern-day political and humanitarian nightmare.
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Resurgent China : issues for the future
This exploration of the Chinese economy analyses the latest data from China, and looks at recent trends in order to better understand the possible future of the country.
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China 1949-2019 : from poverty to world power
The objective of this book is to take stock of the research Paolo Urio has conducted since 1997 on the rise of modern China, with emphasis on strategic public management. The starting point of the book is Chinas will to recover world power status. This objective is of paramount importance for understanding the policies implemented since 1949, their rationale, content, and consequences upon Chinese society and economy, as well as their sequence in time, i.e. the underlying grand strategy. Starting from these premises, the book proposes an analysis of the contradictions that have developed within China since 1949, the positive and the negative consequences of the public policies implemented to overcome these imbalances, i.e.: the Communist Partys loss of reputation at the end of Mao era; the introduction of market mechanisms by Deng and the resulting imbalances within Chinese economy, society and environment; the rebalances policies of the Hu Jintao era; and finally the assertive power policies of Xi Jinping, both nationally, e.g. the fight against corruption, and internationally, i.e. Chinas new role in the world, especially as a competitor of the Unites States.
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Reflections on the Pandemic
Reflections on the Pandemic: COVID and Social Crises in the
Year Everything Changed is a collection of essays, poems, and
artwork that captures the raw energy and emotion of 2020 from the
perspective of the Rutgers University community. The project
features work from a diverse group of Rutgers scholars, students,
staff, and alumni. Reflecting on 2020 from a number of perspectives
- mortality, justice, freedom, equality, democracy, family, health,
love, hate, economics, history, medicine, science, social justice,
the environment, art, food, sanity - the book features
contributions by Evie Shockley, Joyce Carol Oates, Naomi Jackson,
Ulla Berg, Grace Lynne Haynes, Jordan Casteel, and President
Jonathan Holloway, among others. This book, through its rich and
imaginative storytelling at the intersection of scholarly expertise
and personal narrative, brings readers into the hearts and minds of
not just the Rutgers community but the world. Contributors include:
Patricia Akhimie, Marc Aronson, Ulla D. Berg, Stephanie Bonne,
Stephanie Boyer, Kimberly Camp, Jordan Casteel, Kelly-Jane Cotter,
Mark Doty, David Dreyfus, Adrienne E. Eaton, Katherine C. Epstein,
Leah Falk, Paul G. Falkowski, Rigoberto González, James Goodman,
David Greenberg, Angelique Haugerud, Grace Lynne Haynes, Leslieann
Hobayan, Jonathan Holloway, James W. Hughes, Naomi Jackson, Amy
Jordan, Vikki Katz, Mackenzie Kean, Robert E. Kopp, Christian
Lighty, Stephen Masaryk, Louis P. Masur, Revathi V. Machan, Yalidy
Matos, Belinda McKeon, Susan L. Miller, Yehoshua November, Joyce
Carol Oates, Mary E. O'Dowd, Katherine Ognyanova, David Orr,
Gregory Pardlo, Steve Pikiell, Teresa Politano, en Purkert, Nick
Romanenko, Evie Shockley, Caridad Svich, and Didier William.
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China's economy
\"This collection of critical surveys provides readers with a range of up-to-date work from leading scholars in the area, writing on some of the key issues facing China, as they survey the present and future challenges of the Chinese economy Nine papers provide detailed discussion on key aspects of the past, present and future of the Chinese economy. Leaders in their relevant fields of scholarship tackle some of the critical issues facing China. Contributors identify common themes, including the household registration system, urbanization, demographic transition, inequality and the sustainability of economic growth. Articles provide a critical review of the literature and discuss policy implications and areas for future research\"--
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