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Beyond Belief: Zhou Zuoren's Rationalist Writings and the Chinese Enlightenment
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Li, Tonglu – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation is situated in the current scholarly reflection on the problems of Chinese modernity, especially its "initial phase," the Chinese Enlightenment (1910s-1920s). It examines the thought of the highly controversial thinker and writer Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), whose work had been profoundly influential during the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Criticism, Federal Government, Literature
Personal Data Protection in E-Government: Globalization or Glocalization? A Comparative Study of the United States, Germany and China
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Wu, Yuehua – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The development and diffusion of information and communication technologies, particularly the internet, creates a worldwide trend of using ICTs and the internet to deliver public services. This new form of electronic administration--e-government--potentially offers great benefits to society in that it can enhance public service efficiency,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Information Dissemination, Telecommunications
Suspect until Proven Guilty a Problematization of State Dossier Systems via Two Case Studies: The United States and China
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Farrall, Kenneth N. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation problematizes the "state dossier system" (SDS): the production and accumulation of personal information on citizen subjects exceeding the reasonable bounds of risk management. SDS--comprising interconnecting subsystems of records and identification--damage individual autonomy and self-determination, impacting not only…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Social Systems, Risk Management