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From Collectivism to Individualism

In: China Business 2.0

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  • Henk R. Randau
  • Olga Medinskaya

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Under the planned economic system, most goods and services were distributed to various places of employment, called danwei. Apartment housing, welfare benefits, and even necessary items like sandals were all rationed in this manner. In general, the consumption of goods was highly regulated through government quotas and ration coupons and special goods such as bikes could only be bought with vouchers. Even if one had the money, no voucher meant no bike. These policies reduced socio-economic inequalities (except disparities between urban and rural regions) but also limited individualism. At the time, most of the population wore similar clothes, sported similar hairstyles, and rode the same bicycles.

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  • Henk R. Randau & Olga Medinskaya, 2015. "From Collectivism to Individualism," Management for Professionals, in: China Business 2.0, edition 127, chapter 41, pages 209-212, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:mgmchp:978-3-319-07677-5_41
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07677-5_41
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    1. Qiu Cheng & Kinglun Ngok, 2020. "Welfare Attitudes Towards Anti-poverty Policies in China: Economical Individualism, Social Collectivism and Institutional Differences," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 150(2), pages 679-694, July.

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