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The Eight Banners The Eight Banners
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Shuangcheng Shuangcheng
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State Registration and Social Engineering State Registration and Social Engineering
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Landownership and Local Practices Landownership and Local Practices
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Agency and Structural Inequality Agency and Structural Inequality
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Data Sources and Organization Data Sources and Organization
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One Social Formation Under State Domination in Modern China: An Introduction
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Published:May 2017
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Abstract
This chapter introduces the methodological and historical background that supports the narrative presented in the rest of the book. The Shuangcheng settlement is a case of state-initiated projects of social engineering by which the state used policies to proactively plan or design social orders. Thus, the case offers an opportunity for exploring the mechanisms through which the state-designated social hierarchy played out on the ground. After introducing the Banner system and the settings of Shuangcheng, the chapter integrates theories in state-building and social stratification to provide a conceptual framework surrounding the question: how a state-dominated system of social formation influences life opportunities. Within the framework, state registration and resource allocation created the structural inequality; customary practices made possible local agency; and the interplay of local agency with the multiple structures – economic conditions, state entitlements, and family demography – eventually constructed and sustained the boundaries between social categories.
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