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Urban Life in Contemporary China

Author : Martin King Whyte
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226895491
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Urban Life in Contemporary China written by Martin King Whyte and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1985-11-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through interviews with city residents, Martin King Whyte and William L. Parish provide a unique survey of urban life in the last decade of Mao Zedong's rule. They conclude that changes in society produced under communism were truly revolutionary and that, in the decade under scrutiny, the Chinese avoided ostensibly universal evils of urbanism with considerable success. At the same time, however, they find that this successful effort spawned new and equally serious urban problems—bureaucratic rigidity, low production, and more.

Urban Spaces in Contemporary China

Author : Deborah Davis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521479431
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book Urban Spaces in Contemporary China written by Deborah Davis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-07-28 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the impact of post-Mao reforms on the economic, social and cultural dimensions of China's cities.

Chinese Urban Life Under Reform

Author : Wenfang Tang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521778657
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Urban Life Under Reform written by Wenfang Tang and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-28 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how urban China is experiencing the shift from a planned to a market economy.

China Urban

Author : Nancy N. Chen
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822381338
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book China Urban written by Nancy N. Chen and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China Urban is an ethnographic account of China’s cities and the place that urban space holds in China’s imagination. In addition to investigating this nation’s rapidly changing urban landscape, its contributors emphasize the need to rethink the very meaning of the “urban” and the utility of urban-focused anthropological critiques during a period of unprecedented change on local, regional, national, and global levels. Through close attention to everyday lives and narratives and with a particular focus on gender, market, and spatial practices, this collection stresses that, in the case of China, rural life and the impact of socialism must be considered in order to fully comprehend the urban. Individual essays note the impact of legal barriers to geographic mobility in China, the proliferation of different urban centers, the different distribution of resources among various regions, and the pervasive appeal of the urban, both in terms of living in cities and in acquiring products and conventions signaling urbanity. Others focus on the direct sales industry, the Chinese rock music market, the discursive production of femininity and motherhood in urban hospitals, and the transformations in access to healthcare. China Urban will interest anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, and those studying urban planning, China, East Asia, and globalization. Contributors. Tad Ballew, Susan Brownell, Nancy N. Chen, Constance D. Clark, Robert Efird, Suzanne Z. Gottschang, Ellen Hertz, Lisa Hoffman, Sandra Hyde, Lyn Jeffery, Lida Junghans, Louisa Schein, Li Zhang

One Country, Two Societies

Author : Martin K. Whyte
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674036307
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (363 download)

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Download or read book One Country, Two Societies written by Martin K. Whyte and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of essays that analyzes China's foremost social cleavage: the rural-urban gap. It examines the historical background of rural-urban relations; the size and trend in the income gap between rural and urban residents; aspects of inequality apart from income; and, experiences of discrimination, particularly among urban migrants." -- BOOK PUBLISHER WEBSITE.

Contemporary China

Author : Tamara Jacka
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107292298
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary China written by Tamara Jacka and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. Contemporary China provides a fascinating portrayal of society and social change in the contemporary People's Republic of China. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society. It explores topics such as family life, citizenship, gender, ethnicity, labour, religion, education, class and rural/urban inequalities. It considers China's imperial past, the social and institutional legacies of the Maoist era, and the momentous forces shaping it in the present. It also emphasises diversity and multiplicity, encouraging readers to consider new perspectives and rethink Western stereotypes about China and its people. Real-life case studies illustrate the key features of social relations and change in China. Definitions of key terms, discussion questions and lists of further reading help consolidate learning. Including full-colour maps and photographs, this book offers remarkable insight into Chinese society and social change.

The City in China

Author : Forrest, Ray
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1529205484
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book The City in China written by Forrest, Ray and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1915 Robert Park penned his seminal paper “The City: Suggestions for the investigation of human behaviour in the city environment”. This essay provided an agenda for the Chicago School of Urban Sociology, which formed the basis of urban research for decades. Given that China’s urban centres now occupy the spotlight that once belonged to American cities, Park’s essay is a platform and point of departure for this volume, which gathers together reflections from a broad range of urban China specialists to consider Park’s (ir)relevance today – for cities in China, for questions about the social life of the city and for urban research more generally. Essential for a broad range of urban studies scholars, this book is an invaluable teaching resource and a useful tool for policy-makers and planners.

Rural Origins, City Lives

Author : Roberta Zavoretti
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 029599925X
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Rural Origins, City Lives written by Roberta Zavoretti and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new understanding of rural-urban migration and inequality in contemporary China Many of the millions of workers streaming in from rural China to jobs at urban factories soon find themselves in new kinds of poverty and oppression. Yet, their individual experiences are far more nuanced than popular narratives might suggest. Rural Origins, City Lives probes long-held assumptions about migrant workers in China. Drawing on fieldwork in Nanjing, Roberta Zavoretti argues that many rural-born urban-dwellers are—contrary to state policy and media portrayals—diverse in their employment, lifestyle, and aspirations. Working and living in the cities, such workers change China’s urban landscape, becoming part of an increasingly diversified and stratified society. Zavoretti finds that—more than thirty years after the Open Door Reform—class formation, not residence status, is key to understanding inequality in contemporary China.

On the Move

Author : Arianne M. Gaetano
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231127073
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book On the Move written by Arianne M. Gaetano and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'On the Move' looks at the fate of women in recent rural-urban migration in China. An estimated 100 million people have moved into China's cities since the beginning of economic modernization, often to work for the lowest wages in hazardous occupations.

Class in Contemporary China

Author : David S. G. Goodman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 074568730X
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Class in Contemporary China written by David S. G. Goodman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 More than three decades of economic growth have led to significant social change in the Peoples Republic of China. This timely book examines the emerging structures of class and social stratification: how they are interpreted and managed by the Chinese Communist Party, and how they are understood and lived by people themselves. David Goodman details the emergence of a dominant class based on political power and wealth that has emerged from the institutions of the Party-state; a well-established middle class that is closely associated with the Party-state and a not-so-well-established entrepreneurial middle class; and several different subordinate classes in both the rural and urban areas. In doing so, he considers several critical issues: the extent to which the social basis of the Chinese political system has changed and the likely consequences; the impact of change on the old working class that was the socio-political mainstay of state socialism before the 1980s; the extent to which the migrant workers on whom much of the economic power of the PRC since the early 1980s has been based are becoming a new working class; and the consequences of Chinas growing middle class, especially for politics. The result is an invaluable guide for students and non-specialists interested in the contours of ongoing social change in China.

Ethnicity and Urban Life in China

Author : Xiaowei Zang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134103018
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity and Urban Life in China written by Xiaowei Zang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-04-13 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using both qualitative and quantitative data derived from fieldwork in Lanzhou between 2001 and 2004, this much-needed work on ethnicity in Asia offers a major sociological analysis of Hui Muslims in contemporary China.

The Great Urbanization of China

Author : Ding Lu
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814287806
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book The Great Urbanization of China written by Ding Lu and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As China rises to become the world's largest economy, it is expected to alleviate half-a-billion people from being rural villagers to urban residents in the coming decades. The great urbanization of the world's most populated country is sure to be one of the most remarkable social-economic events in the 21st century. This book aims to give the reader a clear and comprehensive review of this unfolding event. It not only presents a historical review of the evolution of public policies and institutional reforms regarding urban development, but also an up-to-date survey and in-depth analysis of various social-economic forces that define and contribute to the process of urbanization. The target audiences include students of modern China and professionals interested in China's urban development. The general public as well as scholars may also find the book informative and fascinating.

Social Space and Governance in Urban China

Author : David Bray
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804750387
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Social Space and Governance in Urban China written by David Bray and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The danwei (workunit) has been the fundamental social and spatial unit of urban China under socialism. With particular focus on the link between spatial forms and social organization, this book traces the origins and development of this critical institution up to the present day.

Urban China

Author : Xuefei Ren
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745665454
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Urban China written by Xuefei Ren and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. This concise and engaging book examines the past trajectories, present conditions, and future prospects of Chinese urbanization, by investigating five key themes - governance, migration, landscape, inequality, and cultural economy. Based on a comprehensive evaluation of the literature and original research materials, Ren offers a critical account of the Chinese urban condition after the first decade of the twenty-first century. She argues that the urban-rural dichotomy that was artificially constructed under socialism is no longer a meaningful lens for analyses and that Chinese cities have become strategic sites for reassembling citizenship rights for both urban residents and rural migrants. The book is essential reading for students and scholars of urban and development studies with a focus on China, and all interested in understanding the relationship between state, capitalism, and urbanization in the global context.

Shanghai Modern

Author : Leo Ou-fan Lee
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674805518
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Shanghai Modern written by Leo Ou-fan Lee and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of ChinaÕs wild rush to modernize, a surprising note of reality arises: Shanghai, it seems, was once modern indeed, a pulsing center of commerce and art in the heart of the twentieth century. This book immerses us in the golden age of Shanghai urban culture, a modernity at once intrinsically Chinese and profoundly anomalous, blending new and indigenous ideas with those flooding into this Òtreaty portÓ from the Western world. A preeminent specialist in Chinese studies, Leo Ou-fan Lee gives us a rare wide-angle view of Shanghai culture in the making. He shows us the architecture and urban spaces in which the new commercial culture flourished, then guides us through the publishing and filmmaking industries that nurtured a whole generation of artists and established a bold new style in urban life known as modeng. In the work of six writers of the time, particularly Shi Zhecun, Mu Shiying, and Eileen Chang, Lee discloses the reflection of ShanghaiÕs urban landscapeÑforeign and familiar, oppressive and seductive, traditional and innovative. This work acquires a broader historical and cosmopolitan context with a look at the cultural links between Shanghai and Hong Kong, a virtual genealogy of Chinese modernity from the 1930s to the present day.

Rural Policy Implementation in Contemporary China

Author : Anna Ahlers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317970608
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Rural Policy Implementation in Contemporary China written by Anna Ahlers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the millennium, the disparities between rural and urban livelihoods, underdevelopment and administrative shortcomings in the Chinese countryside were increasingly seen as posing a manifest threat to social harmony and economic and political stability. At that time the term "three rural problems" (sannong wenti) was coined which defined the main issues of rural life that needed to be targeted by government action: agriculture (nongye), villages (nongcun) and farmers (nongmin). In turn, with the launch of the 11th Five-Year Plan in 2006, a pledge was made to shift the focus of developmental efforts to the long-neglected countryside, which is still home to half of the Chinese population. This book presents an analysis of adaptive local policy implementation in China in the context of the "Building of a New Socialist Countryside" (BNSC) policy framework. Based on intensive field work in four counties in Fujian, Jiangxi, Shaanxi and Zhejiang Provinces between 2008 and 2011, it offers detailed analyses of the form and impact of county governments’ strategic agency at certain stages and within certain fields of the implementation process (for example, the design of local BNSC programs, the steering of project funding, implementation and evaluation, the establishment of model villages and the management of public participation). Further, this study illustrates that BNSC is far more than the ‘empty slogan’ described by many observers when it was launched in 2005/2006. Instead, it has already brought about considerable shifts in terms of the process and outcomes of rural policy implementation. Altogether, the results of this research challenge existing paradigms by showing how, against the background of contemporary approaches to rural development and recent reforms initiated by the central state, local bureaucracies’ strategic agency can actually push forward effective – albeit not necessarily optimal – policy implementation to some extent, which serves the interests of central authorities, local implementors and rural residents. By tying into the larger debates on China's state capacity and authoritarian adaptability, this book enriches our understanding of the inner workings of the Chinese political system. As such, it will prove invaluable to students and scholars of Chinese politics, public policy and development studies more generally.

Modern China: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Rana Mitter
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191578797
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Modern China: A Very Short Introduction written by Rana Mitter and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short Introduction offers the reader with no previous knowledge of China a variety of ways to understand the world's most populous nation, giving a short, integrated picture of modern Chinese society, culture, economy, politics and art. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.