Regulating private affairs in contemporary China

Private investigators and the policing of spousal infidelity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4951983
AutoresElaine Jeffreys (0000-0001-8269-7080, University of Technology Sydney, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen24
Número2
Páginas149-167
Fecha de publicación2010-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaChina Information (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0920-203X • E-ISSN: 1741-590X
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0920203x09356047
OpenAlexW2066992411
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas6

This article examines the recent emergence of China's private investigation industry, focusing on investigators of spousal infidelity. It outlines the professed business rationales of private investigators that target women experiencing marital crises, including claims that they provide a necessary social service, protect women's rights, promote anti-corruption measures, and uphold Chinese law. It also details growing criticisms of China's "infidelity sleuths" for violating Chinese law and citizens' rights. Finally, the article examines some of the proposed responses to the problems associated with private investigators and the policing of infidelity. The demand for such services highlights the laissez-faire position that economic reform has increasingly forced China's governmental authorities to assume with regard to regulating the private affairs of Chinese citizens

China · Economics · Economy · Language change · Law and economics · Political science · Position (finance · Service (business · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting Issues · Law · Public Administration · Finance