Social Transformation in Modern China: The State and Local Elites in Henan, 1900–1937. By Xin  Zhang. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xvi+320.

2002 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 1352-1353
Author(s):  
Kristin Stapleton
Keyword(s):  
Social Transformation ◽  
The State ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Local Elites ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
State And Local

Of Indians and Terrorists: How the State and Local Elites Construct the Mapuche in Neoliberal Multicultural Chile

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICIA RICHARDS
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Forces ◽  
Local Elites ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Multicultural Policies

AbstractThis paper examines the production of neoliberal multiculturalism in Chile as well as ideas about race, ethnicity and nation mobilised among local elites in the Chilean South. It argues that the process of creating neoliberal multicultural citizens is not only imposed from above, but also informed by local histories, attitudes and social relationships. Official neoliberal multiculturalism is shaped by transnational and national priorities, and involves constructing some Mapuche as terrorists while simultaneously promoting multicultural policies. Local elites contribute to the shape that neoliberal multiculturalism takes on the ground by actively feeding into the terrorist construction but refusing to consent to multicultural values. Altogether, understanding neoliberal multiculturalism depends on examining the transnational, the national and the local, and discerning the ways in which social forces at each level reinforce, interact with and depart from one another.

Where the Two Worlds Met: Spreading a Buddhist Canon in Wanli (1573–1620) China

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-508
Author(s):  
DEWEI ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Late Imperial China ◽  
Local Society ◽  
Local Elites ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
Imperial China ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Court Politics ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

AbstractThe imperial bestowal, as a major way of distributing the Buddhist canon, profoundly affected the contours of Buddhism in late imperial China. But why did the inner court engage in the distribution? How did it choose the recipient from the outside world? How was it possible for an aspirant to the canon to win out among the competitors? These questions concern the dynamics and mechanism behind the diffusion of the canon. They also cast new light on the relationship between Buddhism and the state and local society by revealing how the two otherwise separated worlds interacted. This paper is intended to tackle these unexplored questions by examining the extensive bestowal of the Ming Beizang during the Wanli court (1573–1620). It first makes a survey, revealing how uneven the distribution was in terms of both time and region. It then explores the motives of the imperial members as patrons in the context of court politics. Its focus, however, is on the agents and elements working behind the selection of the beneficiaries, and how their interplays conditioned the influence of the canon in local societies. In the process, the roles of the emperor, court women, eunuchs, officials, monks, and local elites are all examined.

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