China's sent-down generation: public administration and the legacies of Mao's rustication program

The problem : how was China able to send 17 million urban youth to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution?

Administering economic development : a prelude to the Cultural Revolution and rustication

The politics of the Cultural Revolution (1965-67) : toppling bureaucrats, perduring bureaucracy

Rustication : policy and administrative implementation

Public administration and the sent-down experience

Conclusion : rustication as public administration.