Tradition of the Law and Law of the Tradition
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Tradition of the Law and Law of the Tradition

Law, State, and Social Control in China

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Tradition of the Law and Law of the Tradition

Law, State, and Social Control in China

About this book

Traditionally, social theorists in the West have structured models of state social control according to the tenet that socialization is accomplished by means of external controls on behavior: undesirable actions are punished and desirable actions result either in material reward or a simple respite from the oppressive attentions of an authoritarian state. In this volume, the author presents the tradition of law in China as an exception to the Western model of social control. The Confucian bureaucracy that has long structured Chinese social life melded almost seamlessly with the Maoist revolutionary agenda to produce a culture in which collectivism and an internalized adherence to social law are, in some respects, congenital features of Chinese social consciousness. Through her investigation of the Maoist concept of revolutionary justice and the tradition of conformist acculturation in China, the author constructs a fascinating counterpoint to traditional Western arguments about social control.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
1997
Print ISBN
9780313290961
eBook ISBN
9780313370106

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. Editorial Notes on Pinyin Transliteration
  5. Abbreviations
  6. INTRODUCTION: Law, State, and Social Control in China: Marxism or Confucianism?
  7. PART I: TRADITION OF THE LAW
  8. PART II: LAW OF THE TRADITION
  9. CONCLUSION: Chinese Law under a Socialist Mantle
  10. APPENDIX: Chronology of Chinese History
  11. Bibliography
  12. Index