Social Control, Behavior Disorders, Sociology - General & Miscellaneous, Criminal Psychology, Social Psychology, Chinese History - Social Aspects, China - Politics & Government, Communism by Region, 20th Century Chinese History - General & Miscellaneous,
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Overview
Tsai (sociology and anthropology, Indian Purdue U., Fort Wayne) utilizes autobiographies and memoirs of Chinese intellectuals and others as a window into how the Chinese Communist Party, under the leadership of Mao, labeled as deviants and "enemies of the people" those whose views didn't fit with the social order being promulgated by the Party. The work uses labeling theory to study how the branding of deviancy is a social dynamic of identification and exclusion in all societies and looks at the particular dynamics of deviant-labeling under Mao. A final chapter explores the use of deviant-labeling in post-Maoist China, with an exploration of the current governments relationship with the religious movement Falun Gong.Annotation © Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
June 30, 2001
Publisher
Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Pages
324
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780773473201