Volunteers as the 'new' model citizens: Governing citizens through soft power

China Information

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-59

  Lei Chong, Gladys Pak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

discipline; face; governmentality; model citizens; national humiliation; shame; soft power

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953312875     PISSN: 0920203X     EISSN: 1741590X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0920203X10393212     Document Type: Article

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