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Crime and the Chinese Dream Hardcover – December 11, 2017
by
Borge Bakken
(Author)
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Although official propaganda emphasizes the Chinese Dream as the dream of all Chinese, the opportunities of achieving the prosperity by legal means are distributed unequally. Crime and the Chinese Dream reveals how people on the margins of Chinese society find their way to the Chinese Dream through illegal or deviant behaviours. The case studies in this book include corrupt doctors in public hospitals in Beijing, fraudsters in a village called ‘cake uncles’, illegal motorcycle taxi drivers in Guangzhou, drug users being ‘re-educated’ in detention centres, and internet addicts who are treated as criminals by the system. Despite the patriotic and collectivistic tint of the official dream metaphor, the contributors to this volume show that the Chinese Dream is essentially a state capitalist dream, which is embedded within the problems and opportunities of capitalism, as well as a dream of control.
- Print length180 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHong Kong University Press
- Publication dateDecember 11, 2017
- Dimensions6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
- ISBN-109888208667
- ISBN-13978-9888208661
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‘An original and important contribution to comparative criminology, international studies, and crime and justice research in China, this book highlights the ironies present in the American Dream that exist in the Chinese Dream as well. It contains diverse
‘This is an outstanding collection of essays which importantly enlarges the terms of debate on crime in China. It reveals how China is complex, not only because of its internal social and economic diversity, but also because of integration into global cap
‘This is an outstanding collection of essays which importantly enlarges the terms of debate on crime in China. It reveals how China is complex, not only because of its internal social and economic diversity, but also because of integration into global cap
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Criminology / Sociology / China
About the Author
Børge Bakken has served as director of the social science programme in criminology at the University of Hong Kong, and is currently affiliated with the Australian National University. He has written and edited many books and articles on social problems, crime, policing, punishment, and culture in China.
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- Publisher : Hong Kong University Press (December 11, 2017)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 180 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9888208667
- ISBN-13 : 978-9888208661
- Item Weight : 14 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,830,266 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,967 in Sociology of Class
- #6,253 in Sociology of Urban Areas
- #16,388 in Criminology (Books)
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In-depth narrations that shed light on the reality of criminality in China.
Reviewed in Canada on November 14, 2019
The book gives events that are seemingly China-specific and might otherwise be interpreted as isolated cases similar historical references from other societies in the world. It also strives to offer analysis of ideological and cultural roots which the essence of the events stems from.