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Governing China's population : from Leninist to neoliberal biopolitics /

Greenhalgh, Susan.

Governing China's population : from Leninist to neoliberal biopolitics / Susan Greenhalgh and Edwin A. Winckler. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005. - xiv, 394 p. ; 24 cm.

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

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.

0804748799 (cloth : alk. paper) 0804748802 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005010575

013261419 Uk


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


China--Population policy--History--20th century.
China--Politics and government--1949-

HQ767.5.C6 / G74 2005

363.9/6/0951

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