TY - BOOK AU - Ning,Wang AU - Wang Ning,. AU - Wang Ning,. AU - Ning,Wang AU - Wang Ning,. TI - Rise of the Consumer in Modern China T2 - Economic Change in China SN - 9781844640997 AV - HC430.C6 -- .W365 2012eb U1 - 381.30951 PY - 2012/// CY - Reading PB - Paths International, Limited KW - Consumption (Economics) -- China KW - China -- Social conditions -- 2000- KW - China -- Economic conditions -- 2000- KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Cover -- Contents -- Chapter One Theoretical Viewpoint, Research Framework and Methodology -- Examination of the Theoretical Viewpoint -- A. Theory of Social Stratification -- B. Theory of Capital Control -- C. Theory of Romanticism -- D. Theory of Cultural Globalization -- Comparison of Theoretical Perspectives -- Research Framework -- Research Methodology -- A. Government Document Analysis -- B. Qualitative Analysis -- C. The Analysis of the Second-Hand Data -- Basic Concepts and Terminology -- A. System and Consumption System -- B. Culture, Consumption Culture, Consumer Culture, Consumerism -- C. Consumption, Consumer Goods, Consumer -- D. Labor, Labor Enthusiasm, Labor Efficiency -- E. Desire of Consumption and Labor Motivation -- F. State -- G. Legitimacy Resources -- Chapter Two Institutional Arrangement of the Ascetic Society -- Institutional Arrangements and Their Logic in Curbing Consumption -- A. Institutional Arrangements to Curb Consumption -- B. Institutional Arrangements and Logic of Private Consumption: The Example of the Centralized Purchase and Sale System -- C. Institutional Arrangements of Collective Consumption and Their Logic -- Institutional Arrangements of Labor Incentives -- A. Sacred Incentives -- B. The Macro Incentive System -- C. Micro-incentive System -- Derivative system: The Institutional Arrangements of Revolutionary Ideology -- A. Plan of Transformation of Human Nature -- B. System of Revolutionary Ideology -- C. Persuasive System -- D. The System of Criticism and Self-criticism -- E. The System of Political Oppression (Movement of Class Struggle) -- Chapter Three Asceticism in the Main Structure of Society -- The Main Goal of Shaping National Objectives -- A. Althusser on the reproduction of production conditions, the ideological state apparatus and the social structure; B. Subject Model and Shaping the Subject -- C. National Objectives and Social Structure -- Holy Faith -- A. Formation of Faith -- B. The Sacred Party -- C. Obedience and Submissiveness -- The Concept of Frugality -- A. Low Wages, Shortages of Consumer Goods and Monotonous Experience -- B. Welfare and Experience of Egalitarianism -- C. Concept of Frugality and Strategies -- Dedication -- A. Selfless Dedication -- B. Not Asking for Remuneration -- C. Not Seeking Fame -- D. Serious Attitude and Being Responsible -- Spiritual Crisis -- A. The "Cultural Revolution" Experience -- B. Spiritual Crisis -- Chapter Four Transformation Towards a Consumer Society -- Institutional Arrangements of Consumption After Reform and Opening Up -- A. The Institutional Arrangements of Compensation for Consumption -- B. Institutional Arrangements to Encourage Consumption -- C. Transformation of the Collective Consumption System: The Example of Housing Reform -- Transformation of Labor Incentive System: From Sacred Motives to Secular Incentives -- A. Material Incentives and Distribution According to Work System -- B. System Incentives and Labor System -- Chapter Five Transformation of the Social Structure and Rise of Consumerism -- Transformation and Shaping of the Social System -- Pragmatism -- The Doctrine of Self-interest -- A. Self-awareness -- B. Sense of Contractual Obligations -- Consumerism -- A. Consciousness of Possession -- B. Ethics of Pleasure -- C. Performance Will -- Chapter Six Conclusion and Discussion -- The Logic of Consumption System Transformation -- Logic of The Main Structural Transformation -- The Significance Given to the Mechanism of Transformation -- The Transformation from "Goal Oriented" to "Means First" -- Towards A Civil Society -- Notes N2 - A unique and far-reaching study of China's contemporary social changes from the perspectives of consumption and consumerism. China has undergone profound social changes, with far-reaching consequences on all walks of life since reform began thirty years ago. To fully understand China's transformation, the landscape must be surveyed from the perspective of consumption, where you can find many intrinsic links between seemingly unrelated aspects of social reform. The Rise of the Consumer in Modern China is the result of a seven-year research campaign conducted by leading Chinese academic Wang Ning. Detailed and comprehensive, it cites numerous policy documents and source material generated from interviews, alongside data, expert commentary and conclusions. The transformation from asceticism to consumerism is a vital factor when considering China's economic and social reforms. Authoritative and richly detailed, this important new book offers a revealing and unique insight into a key aspect of China's opening up. During the most recent thirty years not only have there been revolutionary changes in consumer behavior, furthermore the role of consumption in driving the evolution of society has become un-ignorable. It is vital to study and analyze the changes in Chinese consumption before and after China's opening-up from a sociological perspective. This key book explores the Chinese urban consumption system and the evolution of the ideological concept of consumption by examining a huge number of governmental documents and records UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1967093 ER -