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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Sage Nature and the Logic of Namelessness: Reconstructing He Yan's Explication of Dao -- 2. Tracing the Dao: Wang Bi's Theory of Names -- 3. Hexagrams and Politics: Wang Bi's Political Philosophy in the Zhouyi zhu -- 4. Li in Wang Bi and Guo Xiang: Coherence in the Dark -- 5. The Sage without Emotion: Music, Mind, and Politics in Xi Kang -- 6. The Ideas of Illness, Healing, and Morality in Early Heavenly Master Daoism -- 7. Imagining Community: Family Values and Morality in the Lingbao Scriptures -- 8. What is Geyi, After All? -- 9. The Buddharaja Image of Emperor Wu of Liang -- 10. Social and Cultural Dimensions of Reclusion in Early Medieval China -- 11. Destiny and Retribution in Early Medieval China -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Despite criticism that his leadership has been authoritarian and his regime tyrannical, President Xi Jinping has experienced continued success, influence, and widespread support among the Chinese people. This article investigates the ways in which Xi has successfully integrated his personal narrative, an account of personal integrity through ordeal, into the broader metanarratives of Chinese political development. Theoretically grounded in the Social Identity approach, Narrative Analysis, and theories of hegemony, the article specifies how Xi's prototypical leadership, articulated through his personal narrative, has successfully linked Xi's policy preferences with Chinese public policy and public opinion. These linkages are examined across five major policy focuses: The China Dream—From Poverty to Prosperity; Economic Equality; Socialist Values and the Role of the CCP; Democracy with Chinese Characteristics; Disciplining the PartyState, Anti-corruption, and the Rule of Law.(J Contemp China / GIGA)

This volume is a collection of articles that examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected and intersected with various Southeast Asian contexts in the broad areas of migration, education and demographic policy. At the height of the pandemic from 2020-22, the resulting restrictions to international travel, ensuing nationwide lockdowns and eventual economic crises formed part of what many commentators referred to as a 'new normal'. Apart from being a global health crisis, the pandemic disrupted and transformed the experience of everyday life at all levels of society, where many of its effects are now likely irreversible. In particular, the impact of the pandemic certainly affected the most vulnerable individuals and communities throughout the region, especially in countries that are experiencing rapid ageing such as Singapore and Thailand. Examples of the most affected include low-wage migrant workers, the disabled and the children of impoverished families. For many who were already living in a state of precarity, the structural 'side-effects' of the pandemic were at times more deadly than the coronavirus itself as it often negatively impacted livelihood, social-emotional ties and overall well-being. At the same time, the 'new normal' has further created conditions that raise the likelihood of occupational precarity even for long-term professionals within established fields like education. In other words, few experienced the COVID-19 pandemic without encountering both tangible and intangible challenges, regardless of where one was situated.

Publisher's description: Police forces everywhere have been undergoing major social and organizational changes. In this, one of the few longitudinal studies of police socialization, Janet Chan, Christopher Devery, and Sally Doran present the complexity of police socialization under these changing conditions. Following 150 new police recruits through two years of training and apprenticeship, the authors question the traditional model of socialization that assumes a degree of stability and homogeneity in the organizational culture. They suggest that recruits' developmental paths can be much more varied and police culture is increasingly vulnerable to change. Drawing on interviews, observations, and questionnaires, the authors depict the complex processes by which recruits adapt, redefine, cope with, and make sense of the positive and negative aspects of their training and apprenticeship. Bringing together rigorous quantitative analyses with rich ethnographic description, Fair Cop provides new empirical data and theoretical understanding about the reproduction and change of police culture.