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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450161803321

Titolo

China today : economic reforms, social cohesion, and collective identies / / edited by Taciana Fisac and Leila Fernandez-Stembridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-38209-X

1-134-38210-3

1-280-02289-2

0-415-60016-2

0-203-49227-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Fisac BadellTaciana

Fernandez-StembridgeLeila <1972->

Disciplina

306/.0951

Soggetti

Chinese - Ethnic identity

Nationalism - China

Electronic books.

China Social conditions 1976-2000

China Economic conditions 1976-2000

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Economic perspectives and state-owned enterprise reforms; State enterprise restructuring: renegotiating the social compact in urban China; China's 'compatible opening': lessons from the Asian Crisis; Reshaping the social compact in urban China; Stabilizing potential instability: re-employment in today's China; Old working class, new working class: reforms, labour crisis and the two faces of conflicts in Chinese urban areas; The development of the urban housing market: social implications

Social conflicts, control and cohesionNorms, police and the problems of control; Social anomie and political discourse in contemporary China; Overseas Chinese associations building up a national identity: specific cases in Spain; Nation building and collective identities; Collective identity and nationalism in Europe and China; The rise of a Hong Kong



identity; Consolidating Taiwan's new democracy amid competing national identities; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Having increased its efforts towards international integration, domestic reform continues to present China with one of its greatest challenges. This volume thoroughly analyses several important aspects of today's China and its economy.