Philanthropy, celebrity and governance in the People's Republic of China

Funding: 2010: $84,193
2011: $167,362
2012: $164,758
2013: $163,178
2014: $81,589

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Future Fellowships)

Start year: 2011

Summary: This project is the first major study of the new phenomenon of celebrity philanthropy and its governance in present-day China. It will provide knowledge of government and philanthropic responses to some of the problems associated with unequal development in China and increase Australia's capacity to engage effectively with a rapidly changing china.

Publications:

Elliott, A 2018, 'Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies' in Elliott, A (ed), Routledge Handbook of Celebrity Studies, Routledge, UK, pp. 227-242.
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Jeffreys, E 2017, 'Entrepreneurs, celebrities and charitable foundations: elite philanthropy in China' in Carrillo, B, Hood, J & Kadetz, P (eds), Handbook of Welfare in China, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 317-337.
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Jeffreys, E 2017, 'Understanding the Lei Feng Revival: Evidence from a Survey of Chinese Students', China Media Research, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 54-66.

Jeffreys, E & Xu, J 2017, 'Celebrity-inspired, Fan-driven: Doing Philanthropy through Social Media in Mainland China', Asian Studies Review, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 244-262.
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Bray, D & Jeffreys, E 2016, 'New Mentalities of Government in China', Routledge.

Bray, D & Jeffreys, E 2016, 'New mentalities of government in China: An introduction' in Bray, D & Jeffreys, E (eds), New Mentalities of Government in China, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 1-15.
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Cartier, C 2016, 'New Mentalities of Government in China' in Bray, D & Jeffreys, E (eds), New Mentalities of Government in China, Routledge, USA, pp. 56-73.
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Jeffreys, E 2016, 'Elite philanthropy in China and America: The disciplining and self-discipline of wealth' in Bray, D & Jeffreys, E (eds), New Mentalities of Government in China, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 118-140.
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Jeffreys, E & Xuezhong, S 2016, 'Governing through Lei Feng: A Mao-era role model in reform-era China' in Bray, D & Jeffreys, E (eds), New Mentalities of Government in China, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 30-55.
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Jeffreys, E 2016, 'Political celebrities and elite politics in contemporary China', China Information, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 58-80.
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Bray, D & Jeffreys, E 2016, 'New mentalities of government in China', pp. 1-231.
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Jeffreys, E & Yu, H-Q 2015, El Sexo en China, Montesinos, Barcelona, Spain.

Allatson, P 2015, 'Shakira, Ricky Martin and Celanthropic Latinidad in the Americas' in Jeffreys, E & Allatson, P (eds), Celebrity Philanthropy, Intellect Books, Bristol, UK.

Allatson, P & Jeffreys, E 2015, 'Celebrity Philanthropy :Afterword' in Jeffreys, E & Allatson, P (eds), Celebrity Philanthropy, Intellect L & D E F A E, Bristol, UK.

Allatson, PV 2015, 'Shakira, Ricky Martin and Celanthropic Latinidad in the Americas' in Jeffreys, E & Allatson, P (eds), Celebrity Philanthropy, Intellect, Bristol, UK, pp. 191-210.

Jeffreys, E 2015, 'Celebrity Philanthropy in China and the Zhang Ziyi Scandal' in Jeffreys, E & Allatson, P (eds), Celebrity Philanthropy, The University of Chicago Press, Bristol, UK.

Jeffreys, E & Allatson, P 2015, 'Celebrity Philanthropy: An Introduction' in jeffreys, E & Allatson, P (eds), Celebrity Philanthropy, The University of Chicago Press, Bristol, UK.

Jeffreys, E 2015, 'Celebrity Philanthropy in Mainland China', Asian Studies Review, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 571-588.
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Jeffreys, E & Yu, H 2015, 'Sex in China: History, Debates and Policy Implications', The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Keywords: China, Philanthropy, governance, government, celebrity

FOR Codes: Studies of Asian Society, Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified, Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society, Other culture and society, EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE, Pacific Peoples heritage and culture

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UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.