Governing China's Population: From Leninist to Neoliberal Biopolitics
- ISBN-10
- 0804748802
- ISBN-13
- 9780804748803
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 394
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Authors
- Edwin A. Winckler, Susan Greenhalgh
Description
'Governing China's Population' tells the story of political and cultural shifts, from the perspectives of both regime and society.
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