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An unfinished republic : leading by word and deed in modern China
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ISBN: 1283277859 9786613277855 0520948742 9780520948747 9781283277853 9780520267367 0520267362 Year: 2011 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,

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In this cogent and insightful reading of China's twentieth-century political culture, David Strand argues that the Chinese Revolution of 1911 engendered a new political life-one that began to free men and women from the inequality and hierarchy that formed the spine of China's social and cultural order. Chinese citizens confronted their leaders and each other face-to-face in a stance familiar to republics worldwide. This shift in political posture was accompanied by considerable trepidation as well as excitement. Profiling three prominent political actors of the time-suffragist Tang Qunying, diplomat Lu Zhengxiang, and revolutionary Sun Yatsen-Strand demonstrates how a sea change in political performance left leaders dependent on popular support and citizens enmeshed in a political process productive of both authority and dissent.


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Communism's Shadow : Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes
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ISBN: 9780691175584 9780691175591 0691175586 0691175594 Year: 2017 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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It has long been assumed that the historical legacy of Soviet Communism would have an important effect on post-communist states. However, prior research has focused primarily on the institutional legacy of communism. Communism's Shadow instead turns the focus to the individuals who inhabit post-communist countries, presenting a rigorous assessment of the legacy of communism on political attitudes.Post-communist citizens hold political, economic, and social opinions that consistently differ from individuals in other countries. Grigore Pop-Eleches and Joshua Tucker introduce two distinct frameworks to explain these differences, the first of which focuses on the effects of living in a post-communist country, and the second on living through communism. Drawing on large-scale research encompassing post-communist states and other countries around the globe, the authors demonstrate that living through communism has a clear, consistent influence on why citizens in post-communist countries are, on average, less supportive of democracy and markets and more supportive of state-provided social welfare. The longer citizens have lived through communism, especially as adults, the greater their support for beliefs associated with communist ideology-the one exception being opinions regarding gender equality.A thorough and nuanced examination of communist legacies' lasting influence on public opinion, Communism's Shadow highlights the ways in which political beliefs can outlast institutional regimes.

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POST-COMMUNISM--EUROPE, EASTERN --- EUROPE, EASTERN--SOCIAL CONDITIONS --- EUROPE, EASTERN--ECONOMIC CONDITIONS --- EUROPE, EASTERN--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- Post-communism --- Post-communism - Europe, Eastern --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism. --- Leninist regimes. --- Soviet Communism. --- Soviet Union. --- Soviet communism. --- adult communist exposure. --- aggregate-level data. --- analyses. --- anti-democratic attitudes. --- attitudinal change. --- attitudinal convergence. --- attitudinal differences. --- childhood communist exposure. --- communism. --- communist education. --- communist ideology. --- communist legacies. --- communist message. --- communist regime. --- communist regimes. --- communist rhetoric. --- communist socialization effects. --- communist socialization project. --- democracy. --- democratic deficit. --- democratic support. --- democratic values. --- developmental differences. --- economic performance. --- economic principles. --- exposure. --- fleeting legacies. --- gender equality. --- generational replacement. --- institutional regime. --- intensity. --- legacy effects. --- market economics. --- markets. --- methodological approach. --- methodology. --- political beliefs. --- political performance. --- post-communist citizens. --- post-communist countries. --- post-communist politics. --- post-communist states. --- pro-gender equality. --- resistance. --- social welfare. --- state responsibility. --- survey data. --- temporal resilience. --- temporary divergence. --- welfare state.


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The Indigenous State : Race, Politics, and Performance in Plurinational Bolivia
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ISBN: 0520967305 0520294033 9780520967304 9780520294035 9780520294035 Year: 2017 Publisher: University of California Press

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"In 2005, Bolivians elected their first indigenous president, Evo Morales. Ushering in a new "democratic cultural revolution," Morales promised to overturn neoliberalism and inaugurate a new decolonized society. In this crucial new book, Nancy Postero examines the successes and failures in the ten years since Morales's election. While the Morales government has made many changes that have positively benefited Bolivia's majority indigenous population, it has consolidated power and reinforced extractivist development models. In the process, indigeneity has been transformed from a site of emancipatory politics to a site of liberal nation-state building. By carefully tracing the political origins and practices of decolonization among activists, government administrators, and ordinary citizens, Postero makes an important contribution to our understanding of the meaning and impact of Bolivia's indigenous state."--Provided by publisher.

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Indigenous peoples --- Multiculturalism --- Neoliberalism --- Government relations --- Political aspects --- Morales Ayma, Evo, --- Political activity --- Bolivia --- Politics and government --- Ethnic relations --- Political activity. --- Neo-liberalism --- Liberalism --- Cultural diversity policy --- Cultural pluralism --- Cultural pluralism policy --- Ethnic diversity policy --- Social policy --- Anti-racism --- Ethnicity --- Cultural fusion --- Aboriginal peoples --- Aborigines --- Adivasis --- Indigenous populations --- Native peoples --- Native races --- Ethnology --- Government policy --- Morales Ayma, Juan Evo, --- Ayma, Juan Evo Morales, --- Ayma, Evo Morales, --- Morales, Evo, --- Morales Aima, Evo, --- Aima, Evo Morales, --- Alto Perú --- Bolivija --- Bulibiya --- Bulibiya Mamallaqta --- Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia --- Plurinational State of Bolivia --- Republic of Bolivia --- República de Bolivia --- Upper Peru --- Wuliwya --- Wuliwya Suya --- Peru-Bolivian Confederation --- autonomy. --- bolivia. --- bolivian people. --- bolivian politics. --- economic liberation. --- economy. --- global. --- illustrated. --- indigenous cultures. --- indigenous nationalism. --- indigenous people. --- international. --- liberalism. --- maps. --- national identity. --- nationalism. --- political performance. --- political. --- politics. --- race issues. --- racial identity. --- racial issues. --- racism. --- spectacle. --- worldwide. --- Indigenous peoples - Bolivia - Government relations - 21st century --- Multiculturalism - Political aspects - Bolivia - 21st century --- Neoliberalism - Bolivia - 21st century --- Morales Ayma, Evo, - 1959- - Political activity --- Bolivia - Politics and government - 21st century --- Bolivia - Ethnic relations - Political aspects - 21st century --- Morales Ayma, Evo, - 1959 --- -Bolivia

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