Description: Dean of Shandong : Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University, Hardcover by Bell, Daniel A., ISBN 0691247129, ISBN-13 9780691247120, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US An inside view of Chinese academia and what it reveals about China’s political system On January 1, 2017, Daniel Bell was appointed Dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University—the first foreign dean of a political science faculty in mainland China’s history. In The Dean of Shandong, Bell chronicles his experiences as what he calls “a minor bureaucrat,” offering an inside account of the workings of Chinese academia and what they reveal about China’s political system. It wasn’t all smooth sailing—Bell wryly recounts sporadic bungles and misunderstandings—but Bell’s post as dean provides a unique vantage point on China today. Bell, neither a Chinese citizen nor a member of the Chinese Communist Party, was appointed as Dean because of his scholarly work on Confucianism—but soon found himself coping with a variety of issues having little to do with scholarship or Confucius. These include the importance of hair color and the prevalence of hair-dying among university administrators, both male and female; Shandong’s drinking culture, with endless toasts at every shared meal; and some unintended consequences of an intensely competitive academic meritocracy. As Dean, he also confronts weightier matters: the role at the university of the Party secretary, the national anticorruption campaign and its effect on academia (Bell asks provocatively, “What’s wrong with corruption?”), and formal and informal modes of censorship. Considering both the revival of Confucianism in China over the last three decades and what he calls “the Communist comeback” since 2008, Bell predicts that China’s political future is likely to be determined by both Confucianism and Communism.
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Book Title: Dean of Shandong : Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Dean of Shandong : Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, History, Comparative, World / Asian
Publication Year: 2023
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.4 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Education
Item Length: 8.6 in
Author: Daniel A. Bell
Item Width: 5.7 in
Format: Hardcover