Urban China: A Civil Society in the Making?

2019 ◽  
pp. 77-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin K. Whyte
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Urban China

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Uncertain Intimacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
Jialing Luo
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The State ◽  
Local State ◽  
Urban China ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
Chinese Cities ◽  
Grassroots Level

The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought new uncertainties to state–society relations in urban China. Arguably, China’s containment of the pandemic can largely be attributed to the state’s effective, but controversial, governance of society. At the grassroots level of Chinese cities, local state shequ (‘communities’ centred on the Residents’ Committees) have played a vital role in terms of both surveillance and service provision. However, rather than establishing an intimate relationship with civil society as the state intended, the latter’s handling of the pandemic resulted in contested views on the extent to which the state should intervene in society. This article engages with the ongoing debate on state–society relations, and argues that in urban China we are now seeing the advance of the state.

Civil Society under Authoritarianism

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica C. Teets
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society

The Cement of Civil Society

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Diani
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society
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