Governing China's population : from Leninist to neoliberal biopolitics / Susan Greenhalgh and Edwin A. Winckler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenhalgh, Susan.

Contributor:

Winckler, Edwin A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birth control--Government policy--China--History--20th century.

Birth control.

Population policy.

History.

Birth control--Government policy.

China--Population policy--History--20th century.

China.

China--Politics and government--1949-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiv, 394 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.

Summary:

Based on internal documents, long-term fieldwork, and interviews, this book charts the emergence of population as a central source of power in the People' s Republic of China, documenting the gradual shift from hard birth planning techniques toward soft neoliberal approaches.

Contents:

Introduction : population as politics

Problematique : governmentalization of population

The Mao era : from soft birth control to hard birth planning

The Deng era : rising enforcement of hard birth planning

The Jiang era : deepening reform of hard birth planning

The Hu era : from comprehensive reform to social policy

The shifting local politics of population

Restratifying Chinese society

Remaking China's politics and global position

Conclusion: Lenin, Foucault, and the governance of population in China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-375) and index.

ISBN:

0804748799

0804748802

OCLC:

59818638