With Elias in China: Civilizing process, local restorations and power in contemporary rural China

Anthropological Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-105

  Brandtstädter, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Civil society; Civilizing process; Elias; Local restorations; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 30144445621     PISSN: 14634996     EISSN: 17412641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1463499603003001753     Document Type: Article

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