Everyday Democracy: Civil Society, Youth, and the Struggle Against Authoritarian Culture in China by Spires, Anthony J.
Everyday Democracy: Civil Society, Youth, and the Struggle Against Authoritarian Culture in China by Spires, Anthony J.

Everyday Democracy: Civil Society, Youth, and the Struggle Against Authoritarian Culture in China

Bottom-up voluntary associations, it is commonly thought, are among the fundamental building blocks of democracy, preparing people...
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Everyday Democracy: Civil Society, Youth, and the Struggle Against Authoritarian Culture in China by Spires, Anthony J.

Everyday Democracy: Civil Society, Youth, and the Struggle Against Authoritarian Culture in China

$117.17
Everyday Democracy: Civil Society, Youth, and the Struggle Against Authoritarian Culture in China by Spires, Anthony J.

Everyday Democracy: Civil Society, Youth, and the Struggle Against Authoritarian Culture in China

$117.17
Author: Anthony J. Spires
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Bottom-up voluntary associations, it is commonly thought, are among the fundamental building blocks of democracy, preparing people for engaged citizenship. A great deal of interest in Chinese civil society is premised on the idea that such groups might foster the emergence of democracy. But in a society where virtually all major institutions--from schools to workplaces to government--bear the deep imprint of authoritarian rule, can voluntary associations still spur social and political change?

Everyday Democracy is a groundbreaking study of bottom-up organizations in China, arguing that even in an authoritarian state, they nurture the skills and habits of democracy. Anthony J. Spires offers an in-depth look at two youth-based, youth-led volunteer groups, showing how their values and practices point the way toward the emergence of new, more democratic forms of association. In mainstream Chinese organizational life, even in grassroots civil society groups, hierarchy and autocracy are pervasive. In these groups, however, ideals of equality, mutual respect, and dignity have motivated young people to invent new practices and norms that contrast greatly with typical top-down organizational culture. Drawing on more than a decade of field-based research with a diverse array of participants, Everyday Democracy pinpoints the seeds of a democratic culture inside an authoritarian regime.

Author: Anthony J. Spires
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 12/10/2024
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780231211512

About the Author
Anthony J. Spires is a sociologist and associate professor at the University of Melbourne's Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies. He is the author of Global Civil Society and China (2024).
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