Domesticating ‘transnational cultural capital’ : the Chinese state and diasporic technopreneur returnees
With China’s ongoing transition from a labour-intensive economy to a knowledge-driven one, the state has vigorously promoted diasporic Chinese technopreneur returnees as a new dynamic force for the nation’s economic development. This article examines the technopreneurs’ interactions with the state,...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-899652020-03-07T13:00:26Z Domesticating ‘transnational cultural capital’ : the Chinese state and diasporic technopreneur returnees Ren, Na Liu, Hong School of Social Sciences Diasporic Technopreneur Returnees Political Capital DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology With China’s ongoing transition from a labour-intensive economy to a knowledge-driven one, the state has vigorously promoted diasporic Chinese technopreneur returnees as a new dynamic force for the nation’s economic development. This article examines the technopreneurs’ interactions with the state, focusing on how the government has orientated and structured them into the state’s national and globalisation agendas. We argue that the acquisition of political capital by the technopreneurs is a critical factor to successfully convert transnational cultural capital into economic capital. We also analyse the mechanisms and limitations of the top-down relationship between the state and diasporic technopreneur returnees. The conclusion section discusses the theoretical implications of the Chinese experiences for transnationalism, which has been largely examined from the perspective of immigrants’ transnationality with respect to their original society, and calls for a reversed analytical perspective and consequent focus on diaspora returnees’ transnational practice and cultural capital. Published version 2018-10-25T05:07:18Z 2019-12-06T17:37:37Z 2018-10-25T05:07:18Z 2019-12-06T17:37:37Z 2018 Ren, N., & Liu, H. (2018). Domesticating ‘transnational cultural capital’ : the Chinese state and diasporic technopreneur returnees. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-20. doi:10.1080/1369183X.2018.1534583 1369-183X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89965 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46432 10.1080/1369183X.2018.1534583 en Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. 21 p. application/pdf |
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With China’s ongoing transition from a labour-intensive economy to a knowledge-driven one, the state has vigorously promoted diasporic Chinese technopreneur returnees as a new dynamic
force for the nation’s economic development. This article examines the technopreneurs’ interactions with the state, focusing on how the government has orientated and structured them into the state’s national and globalisation agendas. We argue that the acquisition of political capital by the technopreneurs is a critical factor to successfully convert transnational cultural capital into
economic capital. We also analyse the mechanisms and limitations of the top-down relationship between the state and diasporic technopreneur returnees. The conclusion section discusses the
theoretical implications of the Chinese experiences for transnationalism, which has been largely examined from the perspective of immigrants’ transnationality with respect to their original society, and calls for a reversed analytical perspective and consequent focus on diaspora returnees’ transnational practice and cultural capital. |
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