Review
"The most important book yet to appear on China's emerging private sector, David Wank's Commodifying Communism is also a major contribution to comparative economic sociology. Drawing carefully on extensive fieldwork among China's new urban entrepreneurs, Wank shows how private entrepreneurship emerges from within the social and political relationships of an earlier period. His carefully conceptualized analysis takes on a range of popular ideas about the transition to a market economy and has clear implications for the analysis of all market economies emerging from the Soviet model." Andrew G. Walder, Stanford University "Those of us who have been studying post-1949 markets in China welcome this book with great enthusiasm. David Wank's powerful, contextually rich, and intellectually incisive research--which pins down by authoritative first-hand investigation the operation of emerging markets after socialism--will define the subject for years to come." Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, Irvine "Professor Wank demystifies China's marketization by showing how new entrepreneurs are frequently former government officials who are using their old ties to reorganize production. As a result, Chinese capitalism is forging its own path: clientistic and focused on local government-firm cooperation. This is a major contribution to the field of Chinese studies and economic sociology." Neil Fligstein, University of California at Berkeley "David Wank raises the bar for the study of China's burgeoning private sector with this theoretically bold and empirically rich book. Based primarily on one and a half years of ethnographic fieldwork among entrepreneurs and officials in the southeast coastal boom town of Xiamen, Wank's book demonstrates the institutionalization of a symbiotic form of clientilism between businessmen and cadres as the communist system transforms into a market economy that is far removed from the ideal-typical property-rights-based, legally bounded market image." Thomas B. Gold, University of California Berkeley "In doing so, he also challenges proponents of the view that entrepreneurs are becoming more autonomous from the state. He shows the many complex ways in which new commercialized forms of clientilism and guanxi are replacing the former bureaucratic patron-client ties. Additionally, through comparative analysis, Wank argues against those who discern the lines of autonomous civil society emerging in China among the ruins of the communist order as happened in Eastern Europe." Thomas B. Gold, University of California, Berkeley "China's transition to market-oriented socialism comes alive in this theoretically sophisticated, yet empirically focused ethnography. I wholeheartedly recommend this first-rate book to anyone who wants to know how the Chinese business really works." Gary Hamilton, University of Washington "...this book makes a very important contribution to our understanding of China's private sector and its relationship with local government. Anyone who teaches or does research on business in China should read this book and also look forward to more studies on the subject by the author." Journal of Asian Business "This study provides us with an accurate insight into the characteristic features of the Chinese economy since the 1978 reforms. Entrepreneurs opportunities and problems are outlined clearly...it is, strickly speaking, more of a "good read" than a historical study". The International Journal of Business History June 2001 "...this perceptive book offers a penetrating account of the dynamics of private business growth in China...excellent." American Journal of Sociology
what is the reality? when the market economy come across with communism, the reality is not amazing to us, but for the foreigners. this is the story in 1980's, but still work in today. In frankly, the collaboration between officials and businessmen is more...
评分what is the reality? when the market economy come across with communism, the reality is not amazing to us, but for the foreigners. this is the story in 1980's, but still work in today. In frankly, the collaboration between officials and businessmen is more...
评分what is the reality? when the market economy come across with communism, the reality is not amazing to us, but for the foreigners. this is the story in 1980's, but still work in today. In frankly, the collaboration between officials and businessmen is more...
评分what is the reality? when the market economy come across with communism, the reality is not amazing to us, but for the foreigners. this is the story in 1980's, but still work in today. In frankly, the collaboration between officials and businessmen is more...
评分what is the reality? when the market economy come across with communism, the reality is not amazing to us, but for the foreigners. this is the story in 1980's, but still work in today. In frankly, the collaboration between officials and businessmen is more...
这部作品无疑是一次对宏大叙事解构的有力尝试,它避开了那种常见的新闻报道式或学术综述式的僵硬框架,转而采取了一种更为细腻、更具人文关怀的视角来审视特定历史时期中个体命运的沉浮。作者似乎非常精心地捕捉了那些被主流叙事所忽略的角落,比如在集体化进程中,那些微妙的心理转变是如何悄然发生的,以及在物质匮乏的背景下,人际关系和文化符号是如何被重塑的。我尤其欣赏作者在描述日常琐事时所展现出的那种不动声色的力量感,那些关于食物、家庭聚会、甚至是简陋的住房条件的描绘,都不仅仅是简单的背景交代,它们更像是通往那个特定社会肌理的微观切口。读到那些关于“单位”制度下生活节奏和人际互动模式的描写时,我不禁联想起家中长辈讲述的往事,那种既熟悉又陌生的交织感,让历史的厚重感不再是抽象的理论,而是可以触摸、可以感知的存在。这种对细节的执着,使得整本书在信息密度极高的情况下,依然保持了一种令人信服的真实感和阅读的流畅性,仿佛作者不是在讲述一个遥远的故事,而是在引导我们进行一次深入的、有同理心的田野调查。
评分从文体结构上来看,这本书展现出一种令人耳目一新的实验性,它巧妙地融合了回忆录的私人叙事特质与社会学分析的冷静洞察力。作者似乎刻意打散了传统的时间线索,通过穿插不同时期的碎片化记忆和对特定事件的深度剖析,构建了一个非线性的、更贴近人类真实记忆模式的叙事迷宫。这种跳跃性叙事,虽然在初期需要读者付出更多的注意力去重新校准时间轴,但一旦进入状态,其带来的冲击力是巨大的,它有效地打破了我们对历史事件的刻板印象。特别是当作者将个人的情感波动与宏观政策的调整并置时,那种强烈的张力就自然而然地产生了,无需任何外来的修饰或夸张。它不是在教导我们“应该”如何看待那段历史,而是在提供一个多维度的观察平台,让历史的复杂性在读者的脑海中自行折射、自行碰撞。这本书在很大程度上挑战了“历史写作”的既有范式,其叙事策略本身就构成了一种对既定秩序的微妙反叛。
评分这部作品的最终价值,我认为体现在它成功地构建了一种“在场感”,让你仿佛真的回到了那个特定的历史情境之中,与书中人物一同呼吸、一同经历。但这种在场感并非是怀旧的慰藉,而是一种带着清醒认识的介入。作者的高明之处在于,他成功地在“作为研究对象”和“作为有血有肉的个体”之间搭建了一座桥梁。我们能清晰地看到那些宏大叙事所强加的标签如何与复杂、矛盾、充满人性挣扎的真实生命经验产生冲突。阅读的后期,我不再是以一个局外人的身份去评判,而是开始思考,如果我身处彼时彼地,我的选择是否会有所不同。这种强迫性的自我反思,正是优秀历史和人文著作的标志。它迫使读者走出自己的时间框架,去体验另一种存在的可能性,从而极大地拓宽了我们对“人性”和“社会可能性”的理解边界。
评分这本书的语言风格是极其克制且富有韵律感的,作者在用词的选择上表现出一种近乎洁癖的精准度。它摒弃了煽情主义的窠臼,没有使用那种容易滑向廉价控诉或过度浪漫化的语言。相反,文本散发出一种冷峻的、近乎纪录片式的冷静,但这种冷静并非情感的缺失,而是一种更深层次的情感处理方式——是将强烈的情绪内化为文本的张力,通过对场景和对话的精确捕捉来完成情感的传递。我尤其欣赏那些富有画面感的段落,它们如同老旧的、色彩略微褪去的胶片,每一个镜头都承载着丰富的信息量。比如对某种特定款式的家具的描述,或者对某种特定口音的模仿,这些细微之处都透露出作者深厚的文化观察功底。阅读过程中,我反复停下来,不是为了查阅背景资料,而是为了细细品味那些句子结构,那种由短促的陈述句和冗长的、嵌入式从句交织而成的节奏感,使得阅读体验本身变成了一种节奏性的享受,如同在聆听一曲结构复杂但和谐统一的室内乐。
评分我发现作者在处理“意识形态”这一沉重主题时,采取了一种极其高明的“侧写”手法,而非直接的正面论述。全书几乎没有大段的理论宣讲或对官方文本的直接引用,但读完之后,你对特定意识形态的运作逻辑、其如何渗透到日常语言和思维结构中,却有着比任何教科书都更为深刻的理解。这种效果是通过展示“人如何适应环境”的过程达成的。比如,对于某些社会规范的遵守,作者并非简单地将其归因于恐惧或强制,而是细致地描绘了个体是如何在长期的社会互动中,将外在要求内化为一种自我约束的习惯,甚至是一种身份认同的构建。这种对“驯化”过程的细腻描摹,揭示了权力如何通过最柔软的路径,即个体的日常实践,来维持其自身的稳固性。这种间接的、以小见大的方法,使得作品的批判力量更为持久和隐蔽,它不试图推倒宏伟的偶像,而是悄悄地展示偶像脚下的裂痕。
评分从Walder到Wank,只有一个感觉。大家以为在共产D中国以前那种庇护关系就没啦,Walder告诉你,哪的话,还有呢!到了改革开放,大家又以为,这会应该没了吧?Wank冷笑一声,告诉你勾结的新形式。两位W博士告诉我们,中国社会到哪儿都甩不掉的就是混圈子拉关系,只不过其形式一直在转变。
评分从Walder到Wank,只有一个感觉。大家以为在共产D中国以前那种庇护关系就没啦,Walder告诉你,哪的话,还有呢!到了改革开放,大家又以为,这会应该没了吧?Wank冷笑一声,告诉你勾结的新形式。两位W博士告诉我们,中国社会到哪儿都甩不掉的就是混圈子拉关系,只不过其形式一直在转变。
评分从Walder到Wank,只有一个感觉。大家以为在共产D中国以前那种庇护关系就没啦,Walder告诉你,哪的话,还有呢!到了改革开放,大家又以为,这会应该没了吧?Wank冷笑一声,告诉你勾结的新形式。两位W博士告诉我们,中国社会到哪儿都甩不掉的就是混圈子拉关系,只不过其形式一直在转变。
评分从Walder到Wank,只有一个感觉。大家以为在共产D中国以前那种庇护关系就没啦,Walder告诉你,哪的话,还有呢!到了改革开放,大家又以为,这会应该没了吧?Wank冷笑一声,告诉你勾结的新形式。两位W博士告诉我们,中国社会到哪儿都甩不掉的就是混圈子拉关系,只不过其形式一直在转变。
评分从Walder到Wank,只有一个感觉。大家以为在共产D中国以前那种庇护关系就没啦,Walder告诉你,哪的话,还有呢!到了改革开放,大家又以为,这会应该没了吧?Wank冷笑一声,告诉你勾结的新形式。两位W博士告诉我们,中国社会到哪儿都甩不掉的就是混圈子拉关系,只不过其形式一直在转变。
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