Research On Contemporary Chinese Freelance Intellectuals And Their Political Participation

This doctoral thesis is specializing in researching contemporary Chinese freelance intellectuals and their political participation. It mainly includes introduction, text and attachment.In the introduction, introduces the reasons and significance of topic selection. The focus is on clarifying the related concepts, related theory and research methods. By differentiating and analysing the relationship of freelance intellectuals with new social stratum, non-public economic personage, freelancers and Non-Party intellectuals, the relationship of inherent elements of political participation with participate in the administration and discussion of state affairs, determine the contemporary Chinese freelance intellectuals grew up in the field of the non-public economy along with the reform and opening up and the process of setting up socialist market economic system. Their political participation refers to the decisions and actions for the political system influence, and practical activity and behavior to participate in political life. The introduction also introduces topic research present situation and relevant theories, that are the party's new social stratum theory, theory of intellectuals, social stratification theory and the theory of political participation. This doctoral thesis is specializing in researching contemporary Chinese freelance intellectuals and their political participation.lt mainly includes introduction, text and attachment.The thesis text includes two parts. The first part is discussed the basic situation of contemporary Chinese freelance intellectuals, including its background, development course, age, formation, characteristics, attribute and function. In the development course, reviews the situation of Chinese freelance intellectuals before the reform and opening up. The contemporary Chinese freelance intellectuals can be divided into inoculation period, generation period, preliminary development period and the all-round development period. In the formation, introduces the group defines, situation and development of the five main formation groups, that are management and technical personnels of enterprises with foreign investment, technical personnels of private scientific and technological enterprise, intermediary industry professionals, self-employed intellectuals and the professional personnels of non-governmental social organizations. In the attribute, summarizes the eight major characteristics of contemporary Chinese freelance intellectuals. And its attribute is future certificated respectively from the class, the middle stratum, elite groups and interest group. From the economic, political, social, cultural and ecological construction to elaborated expound its status and function.The second section of the main text focuses on the political participation of the 'Freelance Intellectual', which mainly includes five parts, i.e. the history and motivation, the access and content, the results and defects, the resolution and tendency as well as related comparative studies. Referred to the motivation and history of the freelance intellectual's political participation, this thesis hold the opinion that the history process would be considered as three different periods, namely the gestation, the star-up and the developing period; while the motivation is able to be concluded both subjectively and objectively. Subjectively, the motivation can be considered as:1) to participate in local economic construction and social undertakings;2) to appeal for supports and better environment;3) to partake in national political operation so as to promote the building of democratic politics;4) to enlarge personal public activity space and improve social status. Objectively, the motivation of the freelance intellectual's political participation is due to requires of state governance, united front work, social construction and industry development. Then, the thesis will discuss the access and content of the freelance intellectual's political participation through seven different points including political system and parties, governments, groups, industries, media and so on. Next, this thesis will focus on the results and defects of the freelance intellectual's political participation respectively. Sights from individuals, industries, society and political parties will be taken to show the results; while sights from main bodies, accesses, content and standards will be used to point out the defects. While referred to the resolution and tendency of the freelance intellectual's political participation, this thesis assumes that by strengthening the construction of main bodies, proving access of political participation, improving the quality of political participation and clarifying the related standards, the freelance intellectual's political participation will undoubtedly get improved.Finally, the comparative research will also be taken to present the differences on the main body, background, access and effects of intellectuals in the environment of non-public economy. Two attachments including Instruction of Questionnaire on Political Participation of Representatives of Intermediary Industry and Analysis of Questionnaire on the Freelance Intellectual's Political Participation will also be included.