The Theory of Guanxi and Chinese Society

Cover
The Theory of Guanxi and Chinese Society
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction: Systematic, Historic, and Cultural Dimensions of Guanxi
1: Making Guanxi
	Making a Connection
	Making the Connection Stick
	Maintaining the Connection
	The Efficiency of Guanxi
	Conclusion
2: Traditional Rural Society: A Model for Guanxi?
	Chinese Rural Society
	Chaxugeju
	Lineage
	A Village-CentricView
	Obligations of Role and Exchange
	Non-KinRelations through Ganqing
	The Paradox of Self-Interestin Guanxi
	Conclusion
3: Reciprocity in Chinese Traditions
	Bao in Chinese Traditions
	Shu and its Mistranslations
	From Shu to Renqing
	Conclusion
4: Renqing as Guanxi and in Guanxi
	Renqing as Instrumental Particularism
	Renqing from the Late Qing
	Favour Exchange under Communism
	Guanxi as Friendship, Chinese-Friendship
	Conclusion
5: Trust in Guanxi
	Trust in Networks
	Trust in its Cultural Setting
	Assurance and the Triadic Structure of Guanxi
	Influence in Guanxi Ties
	Conclusion
6: Guanxi, Three Forms or One
	Family Guanxi
	Fictive Kinship
	Friendship and Acquaintance in Guanxi
	Sources of Category Ambiguity
	Conclusion
Conclusion: The Persistence and Diverse Application of a Changing Form
References
Index of names
Index