China's Governmentalities

Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) embarked on a programme of âreform and opennessâ in the late 1970s Chinese society has undergone a series of dramatic transformations in almost all realms of social cultural economic and political life and the Peopleâs Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as a global power. Chinaâs post-1978 transition from âsocialist planâ to âmarket socialismâ has also been accompanied by significant shifts in how the practice and objects of government are understood and acted upon. Chinaâs Governmentalities outlines the nature of these shifts and contributes to emerging studies of governmentality in non-western and non-liberal settings by showing how neoliberal discourses on governance development education the environment community religion and sexual health have been raised in other contexts. In doing so it opens discussions of governmentality to âother worldsâ and the glocal politics of the present. The book will appeal to scholars from a wide range of disciplines interested in the work of Michel Foucault neo-liberal strategies of governance and governmental rationalities in contemporary China. . Language: English