Even as China is central to the contemporary global economy, its socialist past continues to shape its capitalist present. This volume's contributors see contemporary China as haunted by the promises of capitalism, the institutional legacy of the Maoist regime, and the spirit of Marxist resistance. China's development does not result from historical imperatives or deliberate economic strategies, but from the effects of discrete practices the contributors call protocols, which stem from an overlapping mix of socialist and capitalist institutional strategies, political procedures, legal regulations, religious rituals, and everyday practices. Analyzing the process of urbanization and the ways marginalized communities and migrant workers are positioned in relation to the transforming social landscape, the contributors show how these protocols constitute the Chinese national imaginary while opening spaces for new emancipatory possibilities. Offering a nuanced theory of contemporary China's hybrid political economy, Ghost Protocol situates China's development at the juncture between the world as experienced and the world as imagined.
Contributors. Yomi Braester, Alexander Des Forges, Kabzung, Rachel Leng, Ralph A. Litzinger, Lisa Rofel, Carlos Rojas, Bryan Tilt, Robin Visser, Biao Xiang, Emily T. Yeh
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Background
- Annex Brief Descriptions of SHAD Tests
- 3 Data and Methods for the SHAD II Study
- 4 The Mortality Experience of SHAD Veterans
- 5 Morbidity Results
- 6 Discussion
- Appendix A: Committee and Consultant Biographies
- Appendix B: Agendas for Information-Gathering Meetings
- Appendix C: Review of Literature on Known Project SHAD Agents, Simulants, Tracers, and Decontaminants
- Appendix D: Additional Information on Data and Methods Used for Analysis
- Appendix E: Units Participating in Project SHAD Tests and Units Selected as Unexposed Comparisons
- Appendix F: Diagnostic Codes Used to Define Health Outcomes
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