This title brings together competing theories of civil society with critical studies of the role of civil society in diverse situations and the way in which it has been promoted as the key to democratization. The combination of contemporary theory and practical applications provides valuable reading for students of civil society and contemporary social and political change, and its policy implications for Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
The emperor and the court.--The government.--The penal code.--The administration of the laws.--Village communities.--The literati and farmers--Mechanics and merchants.--Medicine.--The competitive examinations.--Filial piety and the position of women.--Marriage.--Funeral relations.--Our commercial relations with China.--The war of 1860.--Foreign relations.--Outrages on missionaries.--The audience question.--Foreign trade with China.--Chinese architecture.--Domestic slaves.--Infanticide.--Food and dress.--Gardens and travel.--Amusements.--Coins and art.--The religions of China. ; Mode of access: Internet.
The emperor and the court.--The government.--The penal code.--The administration of the laws.--Village communities.--The literati and farmers.--Mechanics and merchants.--Medicine.--The competitive examinations.--Filial piety and the position of women.--Marriage.--Funeral rites.--Our commercial relations with China.--The war of 1860.--Foreign relations.--Outrages on missionaries.--The audience question.--Foreign trade with China.--Chinese architecture.--Domestic slaves.--Infanticide.--Food and dress.--Gardens and travel.--Amusements.--Coins and art.--The religions of China. ; Mode of access: Internet.
This article focuses on two aspects of critical hospitality studies, as outlined by the editors of Hospitality & Society – hospitality work and hospitable spaces. The former is explored via a recent UK reality television series, Michel Roux's Service, in which a group of young people were trained in front-of-house service work. Here the discussion is framed by accounts of 'new work' and aesthetic labour. Hospitable spaces are discussed in terms of interpersonal encounters in public space, informed by Erving Goffman's symbolic interactionist perspective. The aim of the article is to examine these two sites of hospitality conceptually, in order to think about the different 'work' that hospitality performs, in both formal and informal settings. In so doing, the article draws on interactionist, relational and affective perspectives to explore some of the myriad ways in which hospitality is society.
