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RHETORIC IN ELITE-LED RADICAL CHANGE: CHINA’S CAPITALIST
TRANSFORMATION FROM 1978 - 2008
by
Yuan Li
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION)
August 2009
Copyright 2009 Yuan Li
Object Description
| Title | Rhetoric in elite-led radical change: China's capitalist transformation from 1978-2008 |
| Author | Li, Yuan |
| Author email | yuan.li.2007@marshall.usc.edu; yuan.li@mcgill.ca |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Business Administration |
| School | Marshall School of Business |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-05-18 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 16 Jul. 2011. |
| Date published | 2011-07-16 |
| Advisor (committee chair) |
Adler, Paul Green, Sandy E. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Kennedy, Mark Goodnight, Thomas |
| Abstract | This project investigates China's capitalist transformation from 1978 to 2008. While most studies emphasize structural aspects of China's market-oriented reform, such as economic, political, and cultural structures, this project examines agency of the power elites in legitimating such transformation. Elite agency is conceptualized as rhetorical creativity - innovative articulation of new realities and rationales, exploiting multiple and potentially conflicting institutional logics to legitimize change. This project focuses on the introduction and development of the Chinese stock market and explores how Chinese leaders have theorized and justified a quintessentially capitalist institution in the name of Marxist and communist ideologies. Specifically, I discuss three rhetorical dimensions of elite-led radical change. First, my analysis shows how Chinese communist leaders use casuistry to stretch the concept of communism to open up space for arguments justifying free-market practices. Second, I demonstrate how Chinese leaders engage in the institutional work of ethos construction in order to maintain credibility and trust with followers. Third, I illustrate how leaders intervene into debates and controversies by managing presumptions, thus influencing the direction and pace of the transition from plan to market. |
| Keyword | agency; China's capitalism; institution; legitimacy; market; rhetoric |
| Geographic subject (country) | China |
| Coverage date | 1978/2008 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2372 |
| Rights | Li, Yuan |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Li-2796 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Li-2796.pdf |
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| Full text | RHETORIC IN ELITE-LED RADICAL CHANGE: CHINA’S CAPITALIST TRANSFORMATION FROM 1978 - 2008 by Yuan Li A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION) August 2009 Copyright 2009 Yuan Li |
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