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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... view more
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 reductionist 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.... view less
Keywords
international relations; AIDS; party; communication; Internet; Asia; non-governmental organization; discourse; interaction; Africa; the public; social relations; Sudan; commerce; information management; social movement; democratization; government; weapon; Tibet; China; reporting; media
Classification
General History
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Interactive, electronic Media
Method
theory application; historical
Free Keywords
Social sciences; political sciences; civil society; corporatism; government; nongovernmental organisations; contemporary
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 211-241
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 39 (2010) 3
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works