Civility and Its Development The Experiences of China and Taiwan / David C. Schak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schak, David C., author.

Series:

Hong Kong scholarship online.

Hong Kong scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courtesy--Taiwan.

Courtesy.

Courtesy--China.

Taiwan--Social life and customs.

Taiwan.

China--Social life and customs.

China.

Taiwan--Civilization.

China--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018

Summary:

This is a book-length study of the development of civility in Chinese societies. By comparing the development of civility in mainland China and Taiwan, the text analyzes the social conditions needed for civility to become established in a society. Schak argues that the attempts to impose civility top-down from the state are ineffective. Civility appeared in Taiwan only after state efforts to impose it ceased at the end of the 1980s when Taiwan began to democratize, and the PRC government civility campaigns have so far had only limited success. The essential factor in developing civility in Taiwan, Schak contends, was its evolution from a place composed of myriad small, inward-looking communities to a society in which everyone shares a strong identity and civic consciousness.

Contents:

Civility

Comparability of China and Taiwan

Civility in China

Civility in Taiwan

Discussion : what social conditions are needed for a society to develop civility?

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-195) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789888455492

9888455494

OCLC:

1066177768