This book examines how the privatization and professionalization of 'public' service provision is transforming the nature of government and everyday life in the People's Republic of China . It addresses key theoretical questions on the nature of government in China and documents the emergence of a range of 'new mentalities of government' in China.

1. New Mentalities of Government in China: An Introduction 2. Governmentality Studies and China: Towards A 'Chinese' Governmentality 3. Governing Through Lei Feng: A Mao-Era Role Model in Reform-Era China 4. Governmentality and the Urban Economy: Consumption, Excess and the 'Civilized City' In China 5. Rethinking And Remaking China's Built Environments: Spatial Planning and the Reinscription of Everyday Life 6. From Socialism to Social Work: Professionalism and Community Governance in Contemporary Urban China 7. Elite Philanthropy in China and America: The Disciplining And Self-Discipline Of Wealth 8. Serving and Providing For Those 'In Need': 'Intermediary' Spaces and Practices Of Liaising, Collaborating And Mobilizing In Urban China 9. Experimental Postsocialism: The Chinese Hospital as Export Zone And Knowledge Park Melinda Cooper 10. The Biopolitics of China's HIV Governance 11. 'Model Consumers': Beauty Bloggers, Everyday Experts and Governmentality In Urban China