Useful Bullshit : : Constitutions in Chinese Politics and Society / / Neil J. Diamant.
In Useful Bullshit Neil J. Diamant pulls back the curtain on early constitutional conversations between citizens and officials in the PRC. Scholars have argued that China, like the former USSR, promulgated constitutions to enhance its domestic and international legitimacy by opening up the constitut...
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Diamant, Neil J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Useful Bullshit : Constitutions in Chinese Politics and Society / Neil J. Diamant. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2022] ©2022 1 online resource (282 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Constitutions, Legitimacy, and Interpreting Popular Commentary -- 1. Officials Read the Draft Constitution -- 2. The Draft Constitution in China’s Business Co -- 3. Popular Constitutionalism -- 4. Reading about Rights and Obligations -- 5. Christians, Buddhists, and Ethnic Minorities -- 6. Constitutional Afterlives -- Conclusion: The Meanings of the Constitution and Comparative Perspectives -- Notes -- Glossary -- Materials Consulted -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In Useful Bullshit Neil J. Diamant pulls back the curtain on early constitutional conversations between citizens and officials in the PRC. Scholars have argued that China, like the former USSR, promulgated constitutions to enhance its domestic and international legitimacy by opening up the constitution-making process to ordinary people, and by granting its citizens political and socioeconomic rights. But what did ordinary officials and people say about their constitutions and rights? Did constitutions contribute to state legitimacy? Four times over the course of four decades, the PRC government encouraged millions of citizens to pose questions about, and suggest revisions to, the draft of a new constitution. Seizing this opportunity, people asked both straightforward questions like "what is a state?", but also others that, through implication, harshly criticized the document and the government that sponsored it. They pressed officials to clarify the meaning of words, phrases, and ideas in the constitution, proposing numerous revisions. Despite many considering the document "bullshit," successive PRC governments have promulgated it, amending the constitution, debating it at length, and even inaugurating a "Constitution Day."Drawing upon a wealth of archival sources from the Maoist and reform eras, Diamant deals with all facets of this constitutional discussion, as well as its afterlives in the late '50s, the Cultural Revolution, and the post-Mao era. Useful Bullshit illuminates how the Chinese government understands and makes use of the constitution as a political document, and how a vast array of citizens—police, workers, university students, women, and members of different ethnic and religious groups—have responded. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Constitutional history Social aspects China. Constitutional law Political aspects China. Constitutional law Social aspects China. Legitimacy of governments China. Sociological jurisprudence China. Asian Studies. Legal History & Studies. Political Science & Political History. HISTORY / Asia / China. bisacsh 1954 Constitution, Law in China, Repression in China, PRC governments, how Communists use law to govern and control society, Rights in China,. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110739084 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 9783110751826 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English 9783110993899 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 9783110994810 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2022 English 9783110992960 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2022 9783110992939 ZDB-23-DEG print 9781501761270 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501761287?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501761287 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501761287/original |
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