Reviews for Doing Things with Words in Chinese Politics : Five Studies

The average rating for Doing Things with Words in Chinese Politics : Five Studies based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-02-26 00:00:00 George Perez I love this book. Schoenhals writes very well. His essays are fascinating, well-researched, creative, and thought-provoking. Case studies inside cover the 1950s-'80s.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-11-26 00:00:00 Jose Ramirez 开创性工作所以不能要求太多。第一章很好地定下了以政治语言为中心approach的framework，剩下的就都是具体的案例研究。简单地说，宣传工作的重心就在对政治用语的塑造和manipulate上，而这种塑造是一种少数人享有的power。政治语言定调后的跟进解释和控制依然需要更多的empirical studies