Disorganizing China : counter-bureaucracy and the decline of socialism
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Bibliographic Information
Disorganizing China : counter-bureaucracy and the decline of socialism
Stanford University Press, 2007
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Available at 5 libraries
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National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Library (GRIPS Library)
: cloth302.2||U1101060051
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-270) and index
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007001252.html
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book offers a new interpretation of socialism and its failure in the last century, and takes on the conventional view that socialist China and other Soviet-type societies represented the domination of bureaucracy. Using a wealth of original archival sources, interview data, and comparative material, Eddy U argues that these societies were not bureaucratic enough. The ruling regimes established a form of workplace administration that is the antithesis of modern bureaucratic organization. Because the workplace lacked rational rules and practices, Soviet-type societies were marred by technical inefficiency, political resentment, and social friction. But U does not merely expose workplace disorganization in Soviet-type societies; his theoretically and empirically grounded research raises questions about the contention that socialism has been proven unworkable. He concludes that strengthening the rational capacity of the state may still be the key to improving social and economic justice.
Table of Contents
Contents List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgements 1 Socialism and Counter-Bureaucracy 2 Shortages of Expertise 3 Political Domination and its Discontents 4 Income Inequities 5 The House of Deviants 6 Campuses in Distress 7 Unsustainable Socialist Systems 8 Rethinking Socialism Appendix: Backgrounds of Informants Notes References Index
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