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| | Journal of Political Ecology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | Noting that political authority and water control have an intimate relationship in Chinese history and legends, Shapiro suggests that Mao's sensitivity to the traditional adage, 'When a great man emerges, the Yellow River will run clear,' was a contributing factor in his support for this controversial project. |
 | | Huang's case was an example to other potential critics, symbolizing the subordination of technical expertise to political 'truths.' Shapiro notes that China built more than 80,000 dams since 1949, yet by 1980 nearly 3000 had collapsed, causing destruction and death, while over ten million relocatees continue to live in impoverished circumstances. |
 | | The "heuristic usefulness of the Maoist case," she argues, lies in "the blatancy of Maoism's coercive aspects, the ambition of its utopian idealism, and the transparency of the link between human political repression and the effort to conquer nature by portraying and treating it as an enemy" (p.201). |
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