Cultural economics / Yining Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Yining, author.

Series:

China perspectives series.

China Perspectives

Standardized Title:

Wen hua jing ji xue. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Economic aspects--China.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

"Culture is a priceless inheritance and source of wellbeing that is of immense value to humankind. Cultural economics sets out to examine the nature and social benefits of cultural products and phenomena as they exist in the market. This volume is the masterpiece of Li Yining, one of the best-known Chinese economists, active in devoting his attention to the role of culture in the economy since the 1950s. Considering the importance of culture in the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the author combines cultural history, economic history and the history of economic thought to produce unique perspectives. This book not only introduces the central concepts of cultural economics and the culture industry, but proposes several groundbreaking views that greatly influenced the culture policies of China, including cultural adjustment, cultural confidence and cultural checks and balances. Researchers and students of economics, cultural studies, and Chinese politics, as well as policy makers, will benefit from this volume"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of contents

Introduction

1 Basic concepts of cultural economics

1.1 Starting from the special nature of cultural products

1.1.1 Cultural products

1.1.2 Two transaction processes

1.1.3 Whether it is one transaction process or two transaction processes, the special nature of cultural products does not go away

1.1.3.1 The lag in the social evaluation of cultural products

1.1.3.2 What are the criteria for the social evaluation of cultural products?

1.1.3.3 Are the social evaluation standards for cultural products static or do they change? If the criteria for the social evaluation of cultural products change, then how do they change?

1.2 Social evaluation of the use value of cultural products

1.2.1 Social evaluation of the use value of goods

1.2.2 The difference between the use value of cultural products and general goods

1.2.3 How should we evaluate and look at the use value of cultural products?

1.3 Economic benefits of cultural products creation

1.3.1 The creators' costs in cultural products

1.3.2 Resource allocation efficiency and the resource allocation adjustment of creating producers of cultural products

1.3.3 Introduction of the third efficiency concept: X efficiency and the production status of cultural products

1.3.3.1 Inconsistent collective goals and personal goals

1.3.3.2 Disharmony with individual employees and between employees

1.3.3.3 How to guide employees to get rid of their "inertia range"

1.3.3.4 The premium of cultural products

1.4 Social benefits of cultural products creation

1.4.1 Judgement and determination of the social benefits of cultural products creation.

1.4.2 The stages of social and economic development and whether there is a need for phased requirements to produce cultural products

1.4.3 Can we simply blame the negative social benefits of cultural products for corroding people's minds?

2 The cultural industry

2.1 What is the "cultural industry?"

2.1.1 Cultural industry business entities

2.1.2 The cultural industry and cultural undertakings

2.1.3 Can the cultural industry be a neutral industry?

2.2 International trends in the cultural industry and the development strategy we should adopt

2.2.1 The first international trend of the cultural industry: High technology

2.2.2 The second international trend of the cultural industry: Economies of scale

2.2.3 The third international trend of the cultural industry: Structural adjustment and asset restructuring

2.2.4 The fourth international trend of the cultural industry: Monopoly

2.2.5 China's development strategy for the cultural industry

2.3 The role of the cultural industry in economic growth

2.3.1 The cultural industry and new impetus for economic growth

2.3.2 The cultural industry and social purchasing power in rising household income

2.3.3 The cultural industry and social employment growth

2.3.4 The cultural industry and mutual beneficial interaction with related industries

2.3.5 The development of the cultural industry and the new content of GDP

2.4 The role of the cultural industry in social development

2.4.1 The cultural industry and mass creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship

2.4.2 The cultural industry and the new stage of urbanization

2.4.3 The cultural industry and social old-age pension security

2.4.4 The cultural industry and the green economy

2.4.5 The cultural industry and the emergence of the social-harmony dividend.

3 Cultural enlightenment and cultural innovation

3.1 The emergence and development of the new culture of China: A review of history

3.1.1 The 100th anniversary of the New Culture Movement

3.1.2 The background of the New Culture Movement

3.1.3 The real leader of the New Culture Movement

3.1.4 Peking University becomes the centre of the New Culture Movement

3.1.5 The meaning of cultural enlightenment

3.1.6 The significance of cultural innovation

3.2 The historical status of the Chinese New Culture Movement

3.2.1 The new stage of the New Culture Movement

3.2.2 The origins of the May 4th Movement and its great significance

3.2.3 The eastward spread of Western culture

3.2.4 The continued exploration of social change

3.2.5 The New Culture Movement and the establishment of the Communist Party of China

3.3 Continued cultural enlightenment and deepened cultural innovation

3.3.1 The New Culture Movement has only come to a temporary end and will continue

3.3.2 Cultural enlightenment is far from complete

3.3.3 The trend of cultural innovation is unstoppable

3.3.4 The new culture of China in the twenty-first century depends on the people's continued innovation

3.3.5 Why do we need to add cultural enlightenment and cultural innovation to cultural economics?

4 Cultural adjustments

4.1 Order of the three adjustments

4.1.1 The mission of economics: Study the effective allocation of resources

4.1.2 Market regulation

4.1.3 Government regulation

4.1.3.1 Demand management

4.1.3.1.1 Investment-demand management

4.1.3.1.2 Consumer-demand management

4.1.3.1.3 Exchange-rate management

4.1.3.2 Supply management

4.1.3.2.1 Industrial restructuring

4.1.3.2.2 Regional restructuring

4.1.3.2.3 Technological restructuring

4.1.3.2.4 Labour restructuring.

4.1.3.3 Social coordination

4.1.4 Moral power regulation

4.2 Progress of the third regulation

4.2.1 The actual situation in remote areas

4.2.2 The actual situation during the period of social unrest

4.2.3 Regulation of the non-transaction field

4.2.4 The three regulations do not necessarily conflict with each other: They are more likely to be complementary

4.2.5 Taking the management and guild organization of medieval cities in Western Europe as an example

4.3 The two foundations of efficiency

4.3.1 The material and technical foundation of efficiency

4.3.2 The moral foundation of efficiency

4.3.3 Extraordinary efficiency

4.3.3.1 The patriotism bursting forth in the war of aggression

4.3.3.2 Rescuing victims of huge natural disasters and rebuilding their homes

4.3.3.3 Historical immigrant society

4.3.4 Moral power regulation is, in the final analysis, cultural regulation

5 Cultural inclusion

5.1 World diversity and cultural diversity

5.1.1 World diversity

5.1.2 Cultural diversity

5.1.3 Can a culture be merged into another culture?

5.1.4 The foundation of the integration of ancient Chinese culture

5.2 The content of cultural tolerance

5.2.1 Intermarriage is an important symbol of cultural tolerance

5.2.2 The way to make a living

5.2.3 The possibility of buying property

5.2.4 To serve as an official

5.3 The meaning of cultural tolerance

5.3.1 Cultural tolerance is the premise of cultural integration

5.3.2 An explanation of the expansion of cultural tolerance with the Sinicization of Buddhism as an example

5.3.3 How to look at the fight against monastic forces in Chinese history

5.3.4 The key is a policy on people's livelihood

5.3.5 Religious conflicts and the resolution of ethnic barriers

5.3.6 The role of urbanization in promoting cultural inclusion.

6 Cultural confidence

6.1 The meaning of cultural confidence

6.1.1 What is cultural confidence?

6.1.2 Clearly oppose historical nihilism and national nihilism

6.1.3 Identity and cultural confidence

6.2 Comprehensive understanding of the concept of human capital

6.2.1 Overview of human capital

6.2.2 Human capital accumulation is cultural accumulation

6.2.3 Another discussion on cultural confidence and the human capital relationship

6.2.3.1 Cultural traditions

6.2.3.2 The role of moral power in social adjustment

6.2.3.3 System confidence

6.3 Cultivate the young generation's spirit of innovation

6.3.1 The unification of efficiency and ethical standards

6.3.2 Great practice: Making millions of farmers entrepreneurs and innovators

6.3.3 Farmer is a profession, not an identity

6.4 New entrepreneurial groups

6.4.1 The definition of entrepreneur

6.4.2 Entrepreneur social responsibility

6.4.3 Discussion on the third allocation

6.4.4 The social and economic significance of the third allocation

6.4.5 The growth of the third allocation is predictable

6.4.6 Enterprise culture and confidence

7 Cultural checks and balances

7.1 Moral checks and balances and cultural checks and balances are synonymous

7.1.1 Moral checks and balances

7.1.2 The role of moral checks and balances

7.1.3 Why is it that moral checks and balances are cultural checks and balances?

7.2 Economic man hypothesis and social man hypothesis

7.2.1 The meaning of the economic man hypothesis

7.2.2 The meaning of the social man hypothesis

7.2.3 The long-term coexistence of the economic man hypothesis and social man hypothesis

7.2.4 Analysis of the two accounts of family business

7.2.5 Cultural checks and balances of the economic man hypothesis and the social man hypothesis.

7.3 The thinking of the small business owner and social and economic balance.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-309588-7

1-003-09588-7

1-000-19711-5

1-000-19703-4

9781003095880

OCLC:

1155486400