China's Sent-Down Generation: Public Administration and the Legacies of Mao's Rustication Program

Contents

List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv List of Abbreviations xvii 1 The Problem: How Was China Able to Send Seventeen Million Urban Youth to the Countryside during the Cultural Revolution? 1 2 Administering Economic Development: A Prelude to the Cultural Revolution and Rustication 15 3 The Politics of the Cultural Revolution (1965–67): Toppling Bureaucrats, Perduring Bureaucracy 37 4 Rustication: Policy and Administrative Implementation 75 5 Public Administration and the Sent-Down Experience 103 6 Conclusion: Rustication as Public Administration 163 Appendix A: Interviewee Profiles 181 Appendix B: Interview Schedule 211 Glossary 215 References 217 Index 223 Contents This page intentionally left blank ...