Religious policies in post-totalitarian China: Maintaining political monopoly over a reviving society
@article{Lai2006ReligiousPI, title={Religious policies in post-totalitarian China: Maintaining political monopoly over a reviving society}, author={H. Lai}, journal={Journal of Chinese Political Science}, year={2006}, volume={11}, pages={55-77} }
In the post-Mao era China’s society and religion are both becoming increasingly pluralistic. State policies toward religion are also evolving. Views of state-society relations as “totalitarian” exaggerate the state’s control; the civil-society approach overestimates society’s autonomy. This paper explains the state’s religious policies in terms of a “post-totalitarian” frame of reference. Religious organizations and the Communist Party share a reliance on ideology and organization to operate… CONTINUE READING
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