Social Mobility In Contemporary China
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Author | : Zhongguo she hui ke xue yuan. Dang dai Zhongguo she hui jie ceng jie gou ke ti zu |
Publisher | : America Quantum Media |
Total Pages | : 468 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780973675900 |
Best Seller in China (2004)This book is the result of a six-year research project from 1998 to 2004. It presents analyses of social stratification and social mobility in contemporary China over the past fifty years since 1949 based on two nationwide questionnaire surveys. It is the first large-scale study on social mobility in modern China... More about the book:www.quant-media.com
Author | : Xueyi Lu |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780429356025 |
What is the social structure of Chinese society in the 21st century? How should China address the problem of migrant workers? How can China form a modern society? These key sociological issues are some of the topics this book covers. This book is a collection of the research articles and lectures that Dr. Lu Xueyi, the former Head of the Institute of Sociology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has published since the 1980s. The author discusses the social structure, social stratification, social construction, and development of contemporary Chinese society. Arguing that the gap between economic and social development has become the major social issue facing modern China, the author advocates paying close attention to the country's social structure and the growth of the middle class. The book will be of interest for all scholars and students of Sociology and Chinese Studies.
Author | : Peilin Li |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2022-03-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9811670218 |
This book introduces a multidimensional system that evaluates quality of life in China by pursuing a quantitative and analytical approach. A host of factors, including economic conditions and individual wellbeing, can affect people’s satisfaction with their lives. In addition to GDP-associated indicators, sociological and environmental factors are also relevant when it comes to evaluating quality of life. Providing a general framework, while also considering gender, education and geographical differences in assessing quality of life, the book offers policy suggestions for improving both individual quality of life and the health of society as a whole.
Author | : Ye Liu |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2016-10-08 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9811015880 |
This book investigates the changing opportunities in higher education for different social groups during China’s transition from the socialist regime to a market economy. The first part of the book provides a historical and comparative analysis of the development of the idea of meritocracy, since its early origins in China, and in more recent western thought. The second part then explores higher education reforms in China, the part played by supposedly meritocratic forms of selection, and the implications of these for social mobility. Based on original empirical data, Ye Liu sheds light on the socio-economic, gender and geographical inequalities behind the meritocratic façade of the Gaokao (高考). Liu argues that the Chinese philosophical belief in education-based meritocracy had a modern makeover in the Gaokao, and that this ideology induces working-class and rural students to believe in upward social mobility through higher education. When the Gaokao broke the promise of status improvement for rural students, they turned to the Chinese Communist Party and sought political connections by actively applying for its membership. This book reveals a bleak picture of visible and invisible inequality in terms of access to and participation in higher education in contemporary China. Written in an accessible style, it offers a valuable resource for researchers and non-specialist readers alike.
Author | : Jun Zhang |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2019-10-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1501738410 |
In Driving toward Modernity, Jun Zhang ethnographically explores the entanglement between the rise of the automotive regime and emergence of the middle class in South China. Focusing on the Pearl River Delta, one of the nation's wealthiest regions, Zhang shows how private cars have shaped everyday middle-class sociality, solidarity, and subjectivity, and how the automotive regime has helped make the new middle classes of the PRC. By carefully analyzing how physical and social mobility intertwines, Driving toward Modernity paints a nuanced picture of modern Chinese life, comprising the continuity and rupture as well as the structure and agency of China's great transformation.
Author | : Cheng Li |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0815704054 |
Decades ago, there was no distinct middle class in the People's Republic of China. Any meaningful discussion of China's economy, politics, or society must take into account the rapid emergence and explosive growth of the Chinese middle class. This book details the origins and characteristics of this dramatic change.
Author | : Gregory Clark |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2015-08-25 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0691168377 |
"How much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does this influence our children? More than we wish to believe! While it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favor of greater social equality, The Son Also Rises proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries. Using a novel technique -- tracking family names over generations to measure social mobility across countries and periods -- renowned economic historian Gregory Clark reveals that mobility rates are lower than conventionally estimated, do not vary across societies, and are resistant to social policies. The good news is that these patterns are driven by strong inheritance of abilities and lineage does not beget unwarranted advantage. The bad news is that much of our fate is predictable from lineage. Clark argues that since a greater part of our place in the world is predetermined, we must avoid creating winner-take-all societies."--Jacket.
Author | : Martin Whyte |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 2010-02-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0804769419 |
This book reports the results of the first systematic nationwide survey in China of the attitudes that ordinary Chinese citizens have toward increased inequalities generated by the market reform program launched in 1978.
Author | : Xueyi Lu |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2020-01-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1000709868 |
What is the social structure of Chinese society in the 21st century? How should China address the problem of migrant workers? How can China form a modern society? These key sociological issues are some of the topics this book covers. This book is a collection of the research articles and lectures that Dr. Lu Xueyi, the former Head of the Institute of Sociology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, has published since the 1980s. The author discusses the social structure, social stratification, social construction, and development of contemporary Chinese society. Arguing that the gap between economic and social development has become the major social issue facing modern China, the author advocates paying close attention to the country’s social structure and the growth of the middle class. The book will be of interest for all scholars and students of Sociology and Chinese Studies.
Author | : Martin K. Whyte |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 2010-02-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674036307 |
"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.