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The Down to the Countryside Campaign and Return to the City Movement: A Social Movement Perspective

The Down to the Countryside Campaign and Return to the City Movement: A Social Movement Perspective

Monte, Philip
Zhang, Joshua

Hardcover

ChinaGeneral Sociology

Publisher Price: $156.00

ISBN13: 9798210884268
Publisher: Blurb
Published: Jul 1 2025
Pages: 270
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Using a social movement perspective, this monograph demonstrates the differences between the Return to the City Movement by the Chinese educated youths - the only successful social movement by the Chinese people since the establishment of the communist regime - and the Down to the Countryside Campaign by the Chinese Communist Party. Grounded in data collected via an unprecedented survey research effort involving respondents who lived through these historic events, the monograph explores the emotional impact upon the educated youths of being forced to the countryside, the directions and forms of their resettlement, work, income, mentality, marriage/love, and relationship with local peasants while in the countryside, timelines and methods involved in returning to the city, their final occupations, children's fulfillment, current perceptions of urban life, evaluation of the campaign and their experiences in the countryside. The authors also summarize the lessons learned from the Return to the City Movement, providing references for Chinese social movements in the future.

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