Governing China's population: from Leninist to neoliberal biopolitics

Population as politics

Problematique: governmentalization of population

1: Policy formulation and implementation

Policy actors and policy components

The Mao era : from soft birth control to hard birth planning

The Deng era : rising enforcement of hard birth planning

The Jiang era : deepening reform of hard birth planning

The Hu era : from comprehensive reform to social policy

2: Social and political consequences

Social politics and cultural logics

The shifting local politics of population

Restratifying Chinese society

Remaking China's politics and global position

Conclusion: Lenin, Foucault, and the governance of population in China.