Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien
Faculty
Faculty of Education and Arts
School
School of Communication and Arts
RAS ID
10842
Abstract
This paper explores the debates around civil society and corporatism as ways of understanding changes in social association, including non-governmental organisations and protest groups, and information management in relation to the development of the Internet. Both concepts have been used to examine the changes that have taken place since the implementation of the Open Door Policy and more recently the development of the Internet, and have shed light on the way in which new forms of social association operate, and on their relationship to the government. However, both concepts tend to be deterministic and eductionist positions. Instead, I use a centre-margin analysis based on medium theory to explore the relationship between the state and society as a way of shedding light on the interaction between the government and NGOs and on how the state manages the flow of information in order to shape public discourse.
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Comments
Hearn, K. E. (2010). Official/ Unofficial: Information Management and Social Association . Journal of Current Chinese Affairs , 39(3), 211-241. Available here