The dynamics of mass campaigns in Chinese industry
Initiators, leaders, and participants in the great leap forward, the cultural revolution, and the campaign to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8414737 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Andors (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 37-46 |
| Publication date | 1976-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-4810 • E-ISSN: 1472-6033 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14672715.1976.10404424 |
| OpenAlex | W2326212563 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The mass campaigns and social upheavals that periodically characterize Chinese politics are much more than the way in which Mao Ze-dong and his radical allies in the national leadership have used the masses to wage factional war against supposedly “moderate” or “pragmatic” bureaucrats and technocrats. Nor are the motives of those who lead and participate in these campaigns at the grass roots universally or even significantly characterized by the selfish lust for power and privilege or by a mindless irrational fervor, or by a superficial and coerced conformity, though there are obviously elements of such behavior in these complex and fascinating events. Though undoubtedly initiated by national leaders who attempt to manipulate and shape the outcomes of the campaigns (after all, who else but national or provincial level leaders could formally initiate a mass campaign on a national or provincial scale, and who else controlled the available media which publicized and gave impetus to far-reaching mass mobilization?), mass campaigns in China rally people around real and vitally important issues of universal political concern
China · Conformity · Mass media · Mass mobilization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Privilege (computing · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Law
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1977 - 1977 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |