Authoritarian absorption : the transnational remaking of epidemic politics in China /

'Authoritarian Absorption' unveils the transformation of China's pandemic response system from 1978 to 2018 through its battle against HIV/AIDS. Chinese bureaucrats, facing pressure from foreign agencies - especially those of the US and UK - and grassroots social movements, developed...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Long, Yan
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
'Authoritarian Absorption' unveils the transformation of China's pandemic response system from 1978 to 2018 through its battle against HIV/AIDS. Chinese bureaucrats, facing pressure from foreign agencies - especially those of the US and UK - and grassroots social movements, developed ways to turn epidemics into opportunities for enhancing domestic control and international stature. Drawing on longitudinal-ethnographic research, Yan Long reveals how Western liberal interventions can simultaneously bolster public health institutions and reinforce authoritarian power, a development pivotal to China's subsequent handling of COVID-19 and instrumental in advancing the rights of groups like gay men.
Umfang:
1 online resource (409 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780190900229
0190900229
9780190900205
0190900202
9780190900212
0190900210
Schlagworte:
Communicable diseases > Prevention > Government policy > China.
Pandemics > Government policy > China.
Authoritarianism > China.
Health and Wellbeing.
Social services & welfare, criminology.
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