Changing government in China through philanthropy: On socialist spiritual civilization, civilized cities and good communists

Deng, G; Jeffreys, E

Changing government in China through philanthropy: On socialist spiritual civilization, civilized cities and good communists

Deng, G Jeffreys, E

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Publisher:: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Economy and Society, 2021, 50, (4), pp. 517-541
Issue Date:: 2021-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Deng, G
dc.contributor.author	Jeffreys, E https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8269-7080
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-03T21:32:45Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-03T21:32:45Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Economy and Society, 2021, 50, (4), pp. 517-541
dc.identifier.issn	0308-5147
dc.identifier.issn	1469-5766
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/151333
dc.description.abstract	This paper shows how government programmes unified under the rubric of ‘building socialist spiritual civilization’ are institutionalizing philanthropy and transforming government practice in China. Spiritual civilization refers to a programme of simultaneously advancing China’s market economy and socialist culture. Using a governmentality approach, the paper explains how this strategy has been translated into practice through the government-directed establishment of a not-for-profit sector and ‘national civilized city’ competition aiming to produce modern cities populated by civic-minded citizens. It reveals how civil servants are incentivized to become community-focused social actors by examining new conditions of Communist Party membership and the growth of volunteering in Shenzhen. It concludes that China’s governmental authorities are creating, and being shaped by, what liberal political thought describes as the non-governmental arena.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Economy and Society
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/03085147.2021.1932087
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	“This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in [Economy and Society, 2021, 50, (4), pp. 517-541] on [Published online: 01 Jan 2021], available online: doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2021.1932087”
dc.subject	1402 Applied Economics, 1606 Political Science, 1608 Sociology
dc.subject.classification	General Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
dc.title	Changing government in China through philanthropy: On socialist spiritual civilization, civilized cities and good communists
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	50
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics
utslib.for	1606 Political Science
utslib.for	1608 Sociology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of International Studies
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dc.date.updated	2021-11-03T21:32:44Z
pubs.issue	4
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	50
utslib.citation.issue	4

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This paper shows how government programmes unified under the rubric of ‘building socialist spiritual civilization’ are institutionalizing philanthropy and transforming government practice in China. Spiritual civilization refers to a programme of simultaneously advancing China’s market economy and socialist culture. Using a governmentality approach, the paper explains how this strategy has been translated into practice through the government-directed establishment of a not-for-profit sector and ‘national civilized city’ competition aiming to produce modern cities populated by civic-minded citizens. It reveals how civil servants are incentivized to become community-focused social actors by examining new conditions of Communist Party membership and the growth of volunteering in Shenzhen. It concludes that China’s governmental authorities are creating, and being shaped by, what liberal political thought describes as the non-governmental arena.

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