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The exemplary society : human improvement, social control, and the dangers of modernity in China /

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In China, the modernization process is seen as creating the "disorders" of criminality, sex, and modern youth culture. This study analyzes traditional and modern Chinese beliefs about, and reactions to education, discipline, human improvement, and social control.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bakken, Børge (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Series:Studies on contemporary China.
Subjects:
Social control > China.
Social change > China.
Moral education > China.
China > Social conditions > 1976-2000.
Contrôle social > Chine.
Éducation morale > Chine.
Chine > Conditions sociales > 1976-2000.
Moral education
Social change
Social conditions
Social control
China
1976-2000
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:In China, the modernization process is seen as creating the "disorders" of criminality, sex, and modern youth culture. This study analyzes traditional and modern Chinese beliefs about, and reactions to education, discipline, human improvement, and social control.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2000.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 516 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781383018752
1383018758