Social capital and power: Entrepreneurial elite and the state in contemporary China |
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Authors: | Yongming Zhou |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA |
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Abstract: | Unlike the idea of civil society, the concept of social capital has yet to be widely used in the field of Chinese studies. Based on a case study of entrepreneurial organizations in Suzhou, this paper illustrates the unique and complex process of social capital formation in reform-era China among the newly emergent Chinese business elite. Entrepreneurs use social capital to influence state policymaking and to forge a relationship between entrepreneurial organizations and the state that involves a dynamic process of power negotiation. The findings shed some light on how to revise thinking about civil society and the state in contemporary China. |
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