1 hr 18 min

Popular Culture and the CCP Social Bargain Introduction to China

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Young people have been at the vanguard of every significant social movement in China for over a century, yet the youth archetype has changed significantly over this period. This lecture explores what it means to be a young person in China today, examining the relationship of Chinese youth with the one-party state and the Communist Party’s grand legitimacy bargain, along with their interactions with the market economy and the world outside of China.

Copyright 2013 Benjamin Habib / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Young people have been at the vanguard of every significant social movement in China for over a century, yet the youth archetype has changed significantly over this period. This lecture explores what it means to be a young person in China today, examining the relationship of Chinese youth with the one-party state and the Communist Party’s grand legitimacy bargain, along with their interactions with the market economy and the world outside of China.

Copyright 2013 Benjamin Habib / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

1 hr 18 min

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