Henan : the model ; from hegemonism to fragmentism ; portrait of the political culture of China's most populated province
Thomas Heberer; Sabine Jakobi
Henan is China's most populous province. It has long played a strategic role in Chinese history and in more recent decades has played a prominent part in the country's politics. In this paper we explore aspects of the history and political culture of Henan, particularly the collective memory or consciousness of its people, and trends in its recent political history. We focus in particular on specific cultural features and local patterns of socioeconomic development, both to highlight important features of provincial life and also to provide an interpretive strategy for approaching recent developments in the province. In identifying specific cultural features, we focus heavily on the egalitarian heritage of the province - in some cases bordering on communitarianism - and how this heritage relates to a deeply-rooted sense that Henan has lost its central role in China's national life. These two patterns converge, today, to produce a phenomenon of 'modelism' in Henan - a tendency to identify and promote apparently unique local social and political structures as though these provided models for the rest of the country to emulate.
Year of publication: |
2000
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Authors: | Heberer, Thomas ; Jakobi, Sabine |
Publisher: |
Duisburg : Inst. für Ostasienwiss. |
Subject: | China's provincial development | political culture | communitarianism | modelism | China | Politische Kultur | Political culture | Regionalentwicklung | Regional development |
Saved in:
freely available
Extent: | Online-Ressource (37 S.) |
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Series: | Duisburger Arbeitspapiere Ostasienwissenschaften. - Duisburg : Inst. für Ostasienwiss., ISSN 1865-858X, ZDB-ID 2158951-3. - Vol. 32 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Parallel als Druckausg. erschienen Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/40991 [Handle] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010486118