Essentials of Governance : : Twelve Lectures on Social Contradictions in China.

• Superior document: The Social Sciences of Practice
• Author: WU, Zhongmin.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: The Social Sciences of Practice
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (223 pages)

"There are twelve lectures in this book. The theoretical section addresses the concept of social contradictions, their various forms and influencing factors, their dual functions and how they aid social development. The author then compares the characteristics of contradictions in traditional and modern society, and analyzes how their special laws have become applicable during periods of transition in contemporary Chinese society. He interprets the contradictions between the public and officials, the rich and the poor, and labor and capital. He also looks at social contradictions in the internet era. He finally analyzes the possibility of social unrest in China and proposes how to actively and effectively deal with social contradictions. His study of social contradictions is of theoretical and practical significance"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Not all contradictions in society are social contradictions -- The important influence of non-material interest factors on social contradictions -- The important influence of the structure of social power contrasts on social contradictions -- How social contradictions force social development -- A comparison of the contradiction characteristics in traditional and modern society -- Key features of social contradictions in modern China -- Key features of "public versus officials" contradictions in modern China -- Key features of contradictions between rich and poor in contemporary China -- Key features of contradictions between labor and capital in contemporary China -- Key features of social contradictions in the internet era -- The possibility of social unrest in China -- Actively and effectively dealing with social contradictions.