Weapons of the Rich：Private Entrepreneurs in China as Strategic Groups

主讲人：Pro. Dr. Thomas Heberer（王海教授）

评议人：俞可平（英国(正版)365官方网站院长、教授）

主持人：何增科（英国(正版)365官方网站教授）

时间：2017年2月28日 （周二）15:00-17:30

地点：英国(正版)365官方网站（廖凯原楼207室）

*本讲座为英文

讲座简介：

The presentation starts out from the concept of everyday forms of resistance applying it to the ‘weapons’ used by Chinese entrepreneurs to engage in strategic action and exert political influence. It explores two questions: First, to what extent do private entrepreneurs in China act in a collective manner, and can hence be conceptualized as a ‘strategic group’; and second, how does strategic action by private entrepreneurs impact on the institutional structure of the existing order. The chapter argues that Chinese entrepreneurs increasingly turn to patterns of collective, though (yet) uncoordinated, goal-oriented action and develop a common identity. They are in the process of becoming a ‘strategic group’. However, in becoming such a group, China’s private entrepreneurs do not challenge the existing order but support it, thus playing the role of a system-stabilizer instead of a regime-challenger.

主讲人简介：

Prof. Thomas Heberer studied political science, sinology and ethnology in Frankfurt on the Main, Göttingen and Heidelberg (Germany). After the conferral of his doctorate in 1977, he started working as an interpreter and translator in China. Later in 1989, he habilitated in Bremen (Germany). In 1998 he has taken over the position as chair of political science with emphasis on East Asia studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Since 2009 he is one of the co-directors at the Confucius Institute of Metropolis Ruhr in Duisburg (Germany). In the context of this position, he is responsible for the program segement of China's politics and society. His research interests are mainly processes, patterns and protagonists of the political and social development in China. By numerous research projects in China and over 35 years of research work, he is one of the leading experts in the field of East Asia in Germany.

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