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Kina: Individ og samfunnn

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Mange ser Kina som de økonomiske muligheters land. Andre er mer opptatt av landets autoritære styreform og dets problemer med menneskerettigheter og miljø. Men alle er enige om at det er umulig å forholde seg til verdens politiske, økonomiske og miljømessige framtid uten å ta Kina med i beregningene.

"Kina - individ og samfunn" viser hvordan de siste årtiers voldsomme samfunnsmessige endringer har påvirket kinesernes liv og deres relasjoner til familien, lokalsamfunnet og staten. Boken fokuserer på det livet kineserne lever hjemme, på arbeidsplassen og i det offentlige rom. Med utgangspunkt i kineseres liv og erfaringer, som forfatterne kjenner fra mer enn 30 års reiser og feltstudier i landet, tegnes et bilde av de lokale og globale spenningene som former Kinas nåtid og avgjør landets framtid.

Kapitteloversikt

1 Etniske grupper og nasjonal
2 Familien
3 Partistaten
4 Makt, lov og rett
5 Landsbygda
6 Byene
7 Veier til sosial mobilitet
8 Ulikhet og sosial velferd
9 Miljøet
10 Tro og mistro
11 Massemedier og kommunikasjon
12 Hvor går Kina?
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Boken henvender seg primært til studenter innenfor Kina-studier, men vil være spennende lesning for alle med interesse for dagens kinesiske samfunn.

Mette Halskov Hansen er professor på Institutt for kulturstudier og orientalske språk, Universitetet i Oslo. Stig Thøgersen er professor ved Østasiatisk Avdeling, Aarhus Universitet

238 pages, Paperback

First published July 9, 2008

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November 20, 2024
The first time a read the book I thought something was off, but I didn’t quite understand what was wrong. The book is easy to read and contains lots of interesting facts about China’s history, political system and generally about the Chinese society. But when I read the book a second time and really tasted each word, I found the book to be too subjective and not enough nuanced. Especially what they wrote about religion, contained too many half truths, and it was shocking to hear the result of many years living in china. I found it sad and disappointing that they can write so little and so misguided stuff about religion when they have experienced and had deep conversations with the religious people in both Tibet and Xianjing. When the party state China is so oppressive against all religious practices, I find it weird that they don’t have more information about this topic and more genuine and realistic takes on the subject. Furthermore, I’m shocked to hear how positive the book are about KKP, and I find it again sad that I feel they don’t give the people who have died enough attention. If you only read the book one time, you can be left with a almost good impression of KKP and maybe you will think Mao wasn’t such a bad guy, but only a bit stupid in his decision making. When we now the fact that he killed millions and was the cause for the great famine in China, you start to wonder how the book is so positive. Also how they view Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping is frightening. When I read about Deng I’m left with such a good impression. His economic reforms are greatly highlighted. But when you think about that is was under Deng’s rule that the terrible massacre at Tiananmen Square happened on June 4. 1989, I’m left to wonder why I thought so greatly of him. When I now thoroughly have read the book, I’m left with a very bad impression about china’s rulers/leaders and all the politics that is going on there. The use of violence, incarceration and death penalty are greatly used. And I condemn the leaders for all their inhumane treatment of people of China.
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