Weapons of the Rich: Strategic Action of Private Entrepreneurs in Contemporary China, by Thomas Heberer and Gunter Schubert. Singapore: World Scientific, 2020. xxi+254 pp. £75.00/US$88.00 (cloth), US$70.00 (e-book).

2021 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 172-174
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Action ◽  
Contemporary China ◽  
World Scientific ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Private Entrepreneurs

scholarly journals Employee Retention: A key Driver to the Growth of Tourism and Hospitality in Odisha

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 94-112
Author(s):  
Sasmita Mohanty ◽  
Kalyani Mohanty
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Tourist Satisfaction ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
High Employment ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Private Entrepreneurs ◽  
Accommodation Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Odisha is the soul of incredible India having numerous tourist attractions both natural and manmade. The rich heritage and culture of this land is a unique feature in the global arena. The tourism and hospitality in the state of Odihsa is still in the developing stage. Tourism is a highly labour intensive sector and has the potential to generate high employment growth through a mix of activities. It is the hospitality accommodation industry which binds together a lot of other employment generating sectors through backward and forward linkages and the maximum tourist satisfaction can be achieved by means of competent human resource. However, good human resource practices can be an alternative strategy for the growth of this sector. Hence, accommodation sector being highly shared by private entrepreneurs, low pay, low career opportunity and poor employment conditions, low job security, the labour management is more in this sector. An effort has been made in this paper to bring forward the key factors associated with turnover of employee in the Accommodation Sector of Odisha which had not been explored quite significantly. So, the study has attempted to discover aspects as perceived by the employees and employers as important for them to retain employment in the Accommodation Sector. The study has adopted descriptive survey research design.

Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous: The Creation and Implications of China’s New Aristocracy

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 488-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Gerth
Keyword(s):  
Political Power ◽  
Contemporary China ◽  
Reform Era ◽  
Luxury Goods ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Rich

AbstractThis essay examines how the consumption of luxury goods and services in contemporary China has become a key way of defining membership in what Chinese popularly refer to as the “new rich” (xin fu) or “new aristocracy” (xin gui). During the Maoist era (1949-1976) and extending into the first decade of the Reform Era in China (1978-1988), political power bestowed modest material advantages. But now state officials can directly - or indirectly via their friends, family, and even mistresses - convert political power into wealth and pursue more luxurious lifestyles, fueling both popular desire for the lifestyles of the rich and a deep resentment based on the belief that many of the new rich secured access to those lifestyles through graft.

scholarly journals On Authoritarian Political Representation in Contemporary China

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demin Duan
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Communist Party ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Political Community ◽  
Chinese History ◽  
Contemporary China ◽  
Democratic Representation ◽  
State Constitution ◽  
The People ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Different Sources

Both in the Party Charter and in the State Constitution, the Chinese Communist Party claims to represent the Chinese people. Instead of treating this claim as mere rhetoric made by the party for propaganda purposes, this article demonstrates that it indicates a rather significant transition in the party’s understanding of its relationship with the people. Particularly, roughly about two decades into the Open and Reform policy initiated under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, the party made a strategic choice in imagining itself as the representative of the people instead of the revolutionary vanguard. This change in the language was very remarkable in the post-1949 Chinese history, in the sense that the party no longer considers itself as the facilitator of proletariat revolution, but as the authoritarian representative in the political community. If representation means “re-presentation”, as in bringing something absent present, this appears to be what the party tries to do. By embodying the nation, the party tries to represent both the rich and the poor, acting as the arbiter of forever present discords and conflicts within the society. Clearly, this representation has nothing to do with what people usually call “democratic” representation. But considering that representation and democracy are conceptually rooted in very different sources, exploring “authoritarian representation” in contemporary China would enable us to better understand both China and democratic representation.

Weapons of the Rich: Strategic Behavior and Collective Action of Private Entrepreneurs in China

Modern China ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 471-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Heberer ◽  
Gunter Schubert
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Strategic Behavior ◽  
Power Balance ◽  
Strategic Group ◽  
Regime Legitimacy ◽  
Current Regime ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Private Entrepreneurs ◽  
Party State

This article, the product of several years of extensive fieldwork, seeks to reinvigorate the debate on China’s private entrepreneurs by arguing that they have become a “strategic group” within the Chinese polity. While they do not openly challenge the current regime, they continuously alter the power balance within the current regime coalition, which connects them to the party-state at all administrative levels. As the future of Chinese socialism depends on the sound development of the private-sector economy and, therefore, on the promotion of private entrepreneurship, it can be expected that entrepreneurial influence within the regime coalition will rise, with inevitable consequences for regime legitimacy and stability.

Food Safety Security: A new Concept for Enhancing Food Safety Measures

2012 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venkatesh Iyengar ◽  
Ibrahim Elmadfa
Keyword(s):  
Food Safety ◽  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Surveillance Network ◽  
Measurement Systems ◽  
Critical Control Points ◽  
The Impact

The food safety security (FSS) concept is perceived as an early warning system for minimizing food safety (FS) breaches, and it functions in conjunction with existing FS measures. Essentially, the function of FS and FSS measures can be visualized in two parts: (i) the FS preventive measures as actions taken at the stem level, and (ii) the FSS interventions as actions taken at the root level, to enhance the impact of the implemented safety steps. In practice, along with FS, FSS also draws its support from (i) legislative directives and regulatory measures for enforcing verifiable, timely, and effective compliance; (ii) measurement systems in place for sustained quality assurance; and (iii) shared responsibility to ensure cohesion among all the stakeholders namely, policy makers, regulators, food producers, processors and distributors, and consumers. However, the functional framework of FSS differs from that of FS by way of: (i) retooling the vulnerable segments of the preventive features of existing FS measures; (ii) fine-tuning response systems to efficiently preempt the FS breaches; (iii) building a long-term nutrient and toxicant surveillance network based on validated measurement systems functioning in real time; (iv) focusing on crisp, clear, and correct communication that resonates among all the stakeholders; and (v) developing inter-disciplinary human resources to meet ever-increasing FS challenges. Important determinants of FSS include: (i) strengthening international dialogue for refining regulatory reforms and addressing emerging risks; (ii) developing innovative and strategic action points for intervention {in addition to Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) procedures]; and (iii) introducing additional science-based tools such as metrology-based measurement systems.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document