Chinese society : change and transformation / / edited by Li Peilin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461784403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-53312-X; 9786613845573; 0-203-11673-9; 1-136-30017-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LiPeilin <1955->
• Disciplina: 303.4
• Soggetti: Social change - China - History - 21st century; Social change - China - History - 20th century; Electronic books.; China Social conditions 2000-; China Social conditions 20th century; China Social policy
• 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: Front Cover; Chinese Society - Change and Transformation; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on contributors; Introduction: Li Peilin; 1. Chinese society and the China Experience: Li Peilin; Basic characteristics of traditional Chinese society; Social changes in modern China; Social changes since reform and opening up; Reform and development of the 'China Experience'; Key points of the China Experience; 2. Marriage and family: Yang Shanhua; Background of institutional changes in China's urban and rural households; Characteristics and mechanisms of urban and rural family institutional changes; Marriage in social transitionChanges in the family system and community reasoning; 3. Lineage and family: Zhang Xiaojun; An overview of family and lineage; The form of lineage and family; Country, land and revolution; Understanding lineages through five points of the China Experience; 4. Ethnicities and ethnic relations: Hao Shiyuan; From the 'five ethnicities' to the Chinese nation; Regional ; ethnic autonomy and ethnic equality; Western development and ethnic affairs; 5. Social mentality and contemporary changes: Zhou Xiaohong; Chinese people's traditional social mentality and modern evolutionLiberation: collapse of old traditions and consolidation of 'new tradition'; The evolutionary trajectory of Chinese social mentality since reform and opening up; Marginal man: modern Chinese group consciousness; The changing trend of Chinese social mentality; 6. Demographic transition and economic and social development: Cai Fang; China's unique demographic transition; Demographic dividend, source of growth and growth performance; Demographic position and growth sustainability; Demographic transition and social construction; Fertility policy7. The political system and reform in China: Yang Dali; The institutional environment and evolution of personal power and status acquisition in China; The political system and development in China's social structural transformation; 8. Urbanization and urban-rural relations: Cai He; The process of urbanization; Characteristics of urbanization; Urban-rural relations; 9. Social stratification and institutional change: Li Qiang; The basic characteristics of China's social stratification structure; Changes in social hierarchical structure since reform and opening up; The new trend of China's social stratification structural transformation10. Migrant workers and social mobility: Li Chunling; The distinguishing features of China's rural-urban immigration movements; Migrant workers' attainment of socio-economic status; Social mobility of the social transformation period; 11. Anti-poverty and social policies: Guan Xinping; Contemporary poverty issues and the characteristics of poverty in China; Poverty and anti-poverty action in rural China; Urban poverty and anti-poverty action in contemporary China; References and bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: There is growing interest in social transformation in contemporary China, with much work published on the subject. This book is different from other books in that it presents an overview of the work of Chinese sociologists on how Chinese society is changing. It reports on a great deal of original research by leading, outstanding Chinese scholars, including extensive fieldwork and large-scale social change survey data, and covers comprehensively the full range of aspects of the subject. It assesses developments since the beginning of reform in China, and provides, overall, a comprehensive un