Book contents
- Justice After Mao
- Justice After Mao
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Property
- Part II The Mechanics of Rehabilitation
- 4 Dealing with Victims of the Cultural Revolution
- 5 Villagers, Cadres, and the Politics of Rehabilitation in Post-Mao China, 1979–1982
- Part III The Politics of Truth
- Part IV Memory
- Afterword
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Villagers, Cadres, and the Politics of Rehabilitation in Post-Mao China, 1979–1982
from Part II - The Mechanics of Rehabilitation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 August 2023
- Justice After Mao
- Justice After Mao
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Property
- Part II The Mechanics of Rehabilitation
- 4 Dealing with Victims of the Cultural Revolution
- 5 Villagers, Cadres, and the Politics of Rehabilitation in Post-Mao China, 1979–1982
- Part III The Politics of Truth
- Part IV Memory
- Afterword
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter uncovers efforts made by village and rural cadres in the immediate post-Mao era to reverse wrongful convictions adjudicated during the Socialist Education Movement (SEM). Drawing on previously unexamined materials, including the personal dossiers of rural cadres in eastern Hebei, it traces the decision-making and policy processes behind how ordinary individuals reexamined cases involving two types of alleged wrongdoings perpetuated by cadres: corruption and extramarital relationships. The chapter highlights the two processes that constituted the reexamination: (1) the implementation of limited transitional justice as the rebuilding of political-legal institutions through the formal mechanisms of the state; and (2) the informal, social processes of interpersonal reconciliation outside the purview of the state. Both dynamics contributed to helping locals come to terms with the complicated legacies of the SEM.
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- Justice After MaoThe Politics of Historical Truth in the People's Republic of China, pp. 122 - 144Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023