The Core Socialist Values have become a defining characteristic of the Xi Jinping era. Under the umbrella of the Chinese Dream discourse, the Core Socialist Values represent a distillation and crystallization of the Xi administration's vision for Chinese state-society-citizen relations. While using many terms found in western liberal political discourse, such as freedom, democracy, equality and rule of law, the CCP use of these terms is markedly different. This article seeks to deconstruct the Core Socialist Values and to understand how each of the twelve values is defined, independently and in relation to other components. The article also explores, using a Gramscian analytical framework focused on the "integral state", how consensus to the state's proscribed values is not undermined by competing discourses. Through an emergent Chinese "integral state" consideration is given to how civil society becomes the ground for building consensus, reinforced by coercive strategies emanating from the Chinese state. In conclusion, the paper argues that the Core Socialist Values represent a shift in focus under the Xi administration to emphasize the superstrcutre over the economic base, with the objective of creating citizens of and for the People's Republic of China.
This article examines the mobilization of football in relation to Chinese state building projects. Pierre Bourdieu's concept of 'symbolic power' is applied to frame policy analysis of China's 2016-2050 National Football Plan and narrative analysis of developments within China's rapidly expanding football sector. The extensive mobilization of national, provincial and local government institutions forms spaces for civic participation in state-building projects through direct participation in football. These civic spaces allow for active citizenship engagement with state projects and for expressions of consensus and participation with the Chinese Dream while also limiting potential for competing cultural movements to emerge. This paper argues that such developments are driven primarily for socio-political objectives with the aim of fostering shared notions of citizenship through the medium of sport.
This article examines the mobilization of football in relation to Chinese state-building projects. Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of “symbolic power” is applied to frame policy analysis of China’s 2016-2050 National Football Plan and narrative analysis of developments within China’s rapidly expanding football sector. The extensive mobilization of national, provincial, and local government institutions forms spaces for civic participation in state-building projects through direct participation in football. These civic spaces allow for active citizenship engagement with state projects and for expressions of consensus and participation with the Chinese Dream while also limiting potential for competing cultural movements to emerge. This article argues that such developments are driven primarily for socio-political objectives with the aim of fostering shared notions of citizenship through the medium of sport.
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