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01-12-2013 | Book Review

Jonathan Schwartz and Shawn Shieh, eds., State and Society Responses to Social Welfare Needs in China: Serving the People

(London and New York: Routledge, 2009), 196 pp. $130.00 hardback; $44.95 paperback

Author: Bruce J. Dickson

Published in: Journal of Chinese Political Science | Issue 4/2013

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This volume is a valuable addition to the growing literature on cooperative relations between state and society in China. In their introductory chapter, the editors Jonathan Schwartz and Shawn Shieh distinguish between what they call the “sociological” definition of civil society that emphasizes cooperation and interaction between the state and social groups and a “political” definition that emphasizes autonomy and confrontation. This may be too blunt a distinction, since many political scientists focus on cooperation between state and society, but nevertheless highlights the short-sightedness of concentrating on autonomy as the true test of civil society. This is by now a common theme, but one that is too often neglected when people look for signs of civil society in China. …

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Title: Jonathan Schwartz and Shawn Shieh, eds., State and Society Responses to Social Welfare Needs in China: Serving the People
(London and New York: Routledge, 2009), 196 pp. $130.00 hardback; $44.95 paperback
Author: Bruce J. Dickson
Publication date: 01-12-2013
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Journal of Chinese Political Science / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1080-6954
Electronic ISSN: 1874-6357
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11366-013-9267-x

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