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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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