Review and assessment of China's nonprofit sector after Mao : : emerging civil society? / / by David Horton Smith ; with Ting Zhao.

• Superior document: Brill research perspectives
• VerfasserIn: Smith, David Horton,
• TeilnehmendeR: Zhao, Ting,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2016]; 2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Brill research perspectives.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 67 pages)
• Notes: "Originally published as Volume 1(5) 2016, in Voluntaristics Review"--Title page verso.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-67).
• ISBN: 9004326626
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by David Horton Smith ; with Ting Zhao.

Published research in English is reviewed on the Nonprofit Sector (NPS) in mainland China since Mao’s death in 1976. A large, diverse, and rapidly growing NPS exists, but openly political Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs) outside the Communist Party and its control are prohibited. China has civil society in the narrower sense: a substantial civil society sector or NPS exists. However, the party-state in China continues to play a dominating role in regard to the NPS, especially for registered NPOs. Freedom of association is still limited in China, especially for national associations, which are nearly all Government Organized Nongovernmental Organizations (GONGOs), not genuine NGOs/NPOs. The broader scope definition of civil society focuses on functioning civil liberties, and the ability of NPOs in general to influence significantly the government on various policy issues. In these terms, China has a weak but slowly emerging civil society with far more associational freedom than under Mao.