{"product_id":"privatizing-china-li-zhang-9780801473784","title":"Privatizing China","description":"\u003cp\u003eEveryday life in China is increasingly shaped by a novel mix of neoliberal and socialist elements, of individual choices and state objectives. This combination of self-determination and socialism from afar has incited profound changes in the ways individuals think and act in different spheres of society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering a vast range of daily life--from homeowner organizations and the users of Internet cafes to self-directed professionals and informed consumers--the essays in \u003ci\u003ePrivatizing China\u003c\/i\u003e create a compelling picture of the burgeoning awareness of self-governing within the postsocialist context. The introduction by Aihwa Ong and Li Zhang presents assemblage as a concept for studying China as a unique postsocialist society created through interactions with global forms.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe authors conduct their ethnographic fieldwork in a spectrum of domains--family, community, real estate, business, taxation, politics, labor, health, professions, religion, and consumption--that are infiltrated by new techniques of the self and yet also regulated by broader socialist norms. \u003ci\u003ePrivatizing China\u003c\/i\u003e gives readers a grounded, fine-grained intimacy with the variety and complexity of everyday conduct in China's turbulent transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Li Zhang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801473780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801473784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.42w x 0.68d","brand":"Li Zhang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45481730474239,"sku":"9780801473784","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_018be12d-61fc-4b34-bcc9-7162a5df7f02.jpg?v=1715987504","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/privatizing-china-li-zhang-9780801473784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}