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Author Chen, Baifeng, author

Title The underworld of Rural China : research on rural gangs on China's Jianghan Plain and Dongting Lake Plain / Baifeng Chen
Published Singapore : Springer ; [China] : Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Contents Research Topic and Approach -- Acquaintance Society and Reciprocity-based Behavior Pattern (Xiangtu Luoji) -- The Rise of Gangs and Acquaintance Society -- The Renaissance of Gangs and Acquaintance Society -- Public Security System: Change and Predicament -- Rural Gangs and Public Order -- Rural Gangs and Interpersonal Relationship -- Rural Gangs and Village Governance -- Changing Behavior Pattern and the Greying Trend -- Gangs and Grassroots Governance: A Supplementary Chapter
Summary This book aims to provide the readers a better understanding of rural China through the particular perspective of the rural underworld. It proposes new concepts to describe social changes of rural China by comparing the contemporary rural society with the acquaintance societythe classic model for depicting the traditional Chinese society. The authors down-to-earth fieldwork has revealed that, with a permeating gang influence, the society of rural China has actually changed in nature. Such change in social nature is summarized as the estrangement of acquaintances or moral ambiguity. As a result of the rural gangsters unlawful acts of lining their pockets with national resources, rural China is going through rural governance involution. In short, this book develops new models and concepts to establish a comprehensive scientific conceptual system for explaining social reality. With hard-to-come-by information and a prudent and multi-faceted analysis on a neglected topic, this book gradually reveals to the readers the true picture of rural China
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Gangs -- China -- Hubei Sheng
Gangs -- China -- Hunan Sheng
Organized crime -- China -- Hubei Sheng
Organized crime -- China -- Hunan Sheng
Rural crimes -- China -- Hubei Sheng
Rural crimes -- China -- Hunan Sheng
Gangs
Organized crime
Rural crimes
China -- Hubei Sheng
China -- Hunan Sheng
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789811987106
9811987106