Modern Business Tribe of Fu Street

Author: Tao Qing
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book employs an ethnographic case study approach combining anthropology and historical anthropology to systematically describe the interaction between grassroots "illegal" organizations formed by private business owners on a famous commercial street in Shenzhen and the government over an eight-year period. It profoundly reflects the contradiction between current social development in China and the relative backwardness of traditional policies, reveals the practical possibilities of dialogue, communication, and negotiation between the state and society, and highlights the immense creative power of rebuilding society. The book boldly explores a long-standing hot topic that has been of common concern in Chinese academia but remains unresolved, holding both practical and pioneering significance for state-society theory. This academic monograph adopts a "novel" narrative style, allowing both scholars and general readers to savor the thrilling story while appreciating its profound academic depth.