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Marketing Dictatorship: Propaganda and Thought Work in Contemporary China [Book Review]

Ashley Esarey
- 01 Jan 2009 - 
- Iss: 61, pp 184
TLDR
In this article, Anne-Marie Brady discusses marketing dictatorship and thought work in contemporary China, and presents a review of the book and the review of other related works on marketing dictatorship.
Abstract
Review(s) of: Marketing Dictatorship: Propaganda and Thought Work in Contemporary China, by Anne-Marie Brady, Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2008. xiv + 231 pp. US$75.00 (hardcover).

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Philosophical reflections on the importance of a values-based program of environmental education, with special reference to the pedagogy of empathetic educaton

Dan Zhou
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The evolution of Chinese soft power: its international and domestic roles

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Beyond Tiananmen : media and social stability in China

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight how development and news media are closely linked by looking at the various and indispensable roles of Chinese news media on maintaining social stability, and conclude that an open, freer media will serve China's development goal, and suggests that more appropriate methods to use the media as a tool to maintain social stability should be sought.
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