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Flexible Governance in China: Affective Care, Petition Social Workers, and Multi-Pronged Means of Dispute Resolution.
- Source :
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Asian Survey . Jul/Aug2018, Vol. 58 Issue 4, p679-703. 25p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This article finds that the innovative practice of involving social workers in settling petition disputes in Shanghai is a kind of "flexible governance" stressing affective care and multi-pronged means of dispute resolution to relieve petition pressures and maintain social stability in the authoritarian state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SOCIAL workers
*DISPUTE resolution
*AUTHORITARIANISM
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00044687
- Volume :
- 58
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Asian Survey
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 131076408
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1525/AS.2018.58.4.679