PROF Julia Strauss' Outputs (17)

Pockets of Effectiveness: Afterwards and New Beginnings (2023)
Book Chapter
Strauss, J. (2023). Pockets of Effectiveness: Afterwards and New Beginnings. In S. Hickey (Ed.), Pockets of Effectiveness and the Politics of State-building and Development in Africa (235-244). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192864963.003.0009

This commentary reflects critically on the contribution that this volume makes to the study of PoEs and state capacity in the Global South, and prompts a rethinking of some of the author’s own decades old work on Republican-era China. It lauds the wa... Read More about Pockets of Effectiveness: Afterwards and New Beginnings.

Scripts, Authority, and Legitimacy (2021)
Book Chapter
Strauss, J. (2021). Scripts, Authority, and Legitimacy. In S. M. Rai, M. Gluhovic, S. Jestrovic, & M. Saward (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Politics and Performance (405-420). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190863456.013.53

Although it is widely recognized that performance permeates politics, there is surprisingly little agreement on how politics in performance plays out across different political and cultural environments. Focusing on the script as both written text an... Read More about Scripts, Authority, and Legitimacy.

Layered Rhetorics and Multiple Realities: China and Africa (2019)
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Strauss, J. (2019). Layered Rhetorics and Multiple Realities: China and Africa. In C. Hartmann, & N. Noesselt (Eds.), China's New Role in African Politics: From Non-intervention towards Stabilization. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429422393-3

This chapter reflects on the ways in which China’s official rhetoric on its approach towards and activities in Africa have developed since the mid-1950s. It suggests that there are three different ‘layers’ to this rhetoric that broadly reflect three... Read More about Layered Rhetorics and Multiple Realities: China and Africa.

Campaigns of Redistribution: Land Reform and State Building in China and Taiwan, 1950-53 (2017)
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Strauss, J. (2017). Campaigns of Redistribution: Land Reform and State Building in China and Taiwan, 1950-53. In M. Centeno, A. Kohli, & D. J. Yashar (Eds.), States in the Developing World (339-362). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316665657.013

Terror, Revolution and the Consolidation of Leninist Regimes (2014)
Book Chapter
Strauss, J. (2014). Terror, Revolution and the Consolidation of Leninist Regimes. In S. A. Smith (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Communism. Oxford University Press

Communism and Political Terror (2014)
Book Chapter
Strauss, J. (2014). Communism and Political Terror. In S. A. Smith (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook on the History of Communism. Oxford University Press

Pockets of Effectiveness: Lessons from the Long 20th century in China and Taiwan (2013)
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Strauss, J. (2013). Pockets of Effectiveness: Lessons from the Long 20th century in China and Taiwan. In M. Roll (Ed.), The Politics of Public Sector Performance: Pockets of Effectiveness in Developing Countries. Routledge

From Feeding the Army to Nourishing the People: The Impact of Wartime Mobilization and Institutions on Grain Supply in Post-1949 Su’nan and Taiwan (2013)
Book Chapter
Strauss, J. (2013). From Feeding the Army to Nourishing the People: The Impact of Wartime Mobilization and Institutions on Grain Supply in Post-1949 Su’nan and Taiwan. In K. J. Cwiertka (Ed.), Food and War in Mid-Twentieth-Century East Asia (73-92). Ashgate

Introduction. From Going Out (zou chuqu) to Arriving In (desembarco): Constructing a New Field of Inquiry in China-Latin America Interactions (2012)
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Strauss, J., & Armony, A. C. (2012). Introduction. From Going Out (zou chuqu) to Arriving In (desembarco): Constructing a New Field of Inquiry in China-Latin America Interactions. In J. Strauss, & A. C. Armony (Eds.), From the Great Wall to the New World: China and Latin America in the 21st Century (134-156). Cambridge University Press

Introduction: gender, agency and social change (2011)
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Evans, H., & Strauss, J. (2011). Introduction: gender, agency and social change. In H. Evans, & J. Strauss (Eds.), Gender in Flux: Agency and its Limits in Contemporary China (1-10). Cambridge University Press

Introduction: China, Africa and internationalization (2009)
Book Chapter
Strauss, J., & Saavedra, M. (2009). Introduction: China, Africa and internationalization. In J. Strauss, & M. Saavedra (Eds.), China and Africa: Emerging Patterns of Globalization and Development. Cambridge University Press

Traitors, Terror and Regime Consolidation on the Two Sides of the Taiwan Straits: ‘Revolutionaries’ and “Reactionaries’ from 1949 to 1956 (2009)
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Strauss, J. (2009). Traitors, Terror and Regime Consolidation on the Two Sides of the Taiwan Straits: ‘Revolutionaries’ and “Reactionaries’ from 1949 to 1956. In S. Thiranagama, & T. Kelly (Eds.), Traitors: Suspicion, Intimacy and the Ethics of State Building (89-109). University of Pennsylvania Press

Rethinking Institutional Capacity and Tax Regimes: The Case of the Sino-Foreign Salt Inspectorate in Republican China (2008)
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Strauss, J. (2008). Rethinking Institutional Capacity and Tax Regimes: The Case of the Sino-Foreign Salt Inspectorate in Republican China. In D. Brautigam, O. Fjeldstad, & M. Moore (Eds.), Taxation and State Building in Developing Countries: Capacity and Consent (212-234). Cambridge University Press

Morality, Coercion and State Building by Campaign in the Early PRC: Regime Consolidation and After, 1949–1956 (2007)
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Strauss, J. (2007). Morality, Coercion and State Building by Campaign in the Early PRC: Regime Consolidation and After, 1949–1956. In J. Strauss (Ed.), The History of the People’s Republic of China. Cambridge University Press

Introduction: In Search of PRC History (2007)
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Strauss, J. (2007). Introduction: In Search of PRC History. In J. Strauss (Ed.), The History of the People’s Republic of China. Cambridge University Press

Introduction to Staging Politics: Power and Performance in Asia and Africa (2007)
Book Chapter
Strauss, J., & O'Brien, D. B. C. (2007). Introduction to Staging Politics: Power and Performance in Asia and Africa. In J. Strauss, & D. Cruise O'Brien (Eds.), Staging Politics: Power and Performance in Asia and Africa (1-14). I. B. Tauris

Strategies of Guomindang Institution Building: Rhetoric and Implementation in Wartime Xunlian (2002)
Book Chapter
Strauss, J. (2002). Strategies of Guomindang Institution Building: Rhetoric and Implementation in Wartime Xunlian. In T. Bodenhorn (Ed.), Defining Modernity. Guomindang Rhetorics of a New China, 1920-1970 (195-221). University of Michigan