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Asia's Transformations Ser.: Chinese Society : Change, Conflict and Resistance by Mark Selden (2010, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415560748
ISBN-139780415560740
eBay Product ID (ePID)73821289
Product Key Features
Number of Pages344 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameChinese Society : Change, Conflict and Resistance
Publication Year2010
SubjectEthnic Studies / General, Sociology / General, General, Asia / China, World / Asian
TypeTextbook
AuthorMark Seldén
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, History
SeriesAsia's Transformations Ser.
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight18.4 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number3
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2009-037195
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsReviews of the second editon:'This first rate collection will be indispensable reading for Scholars of Chinese society. Each of the book's uniformly excellent well-written and substantive chapters open by providing enough historical background onits specific topic to make it comprehensible enough to advanced undergraduates as well as the general informed reader.' - The China Journal 'I would recommend to all serious students who wish to begin studying this country.' - China Perspectives 'Should be read by all serious scholars of contemporary China.' - Asian Affairs, Reviews of the second editon: 'This first rate collection will be indispensable reading for Scholars of Chinese society. Each of the book's uniformly excellent well-written and substantive chapters open by providing enough historical background onits specific topic to make it comprehensible enough to advanced undergraduates as well as the general informed reader.' - The China Journal 'I would recommend to all serious students who wish to begin studying this country.' - China Perspectives 'Should be read by all serious scholars of contemporary China.' - Asian Affairs, Reviews of the second editon: 'This first rate collection will be indispensable reading for Scholars of Chinese society. Each of the book's uniformly excellent well-written and substantive chapters open by providing enough historical background onits specific topic to make it comprehensible enough to advanced undergraduates as well as the general informed reader.'- The China Journal 'I would recommend to all serious students who wish to begin studying this country.'- China Perspectives 'Should be read by all serious scholars of contemporary China.'- Asian Affairs
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.0951
Table Of ContentIntroduction: Reform and Resistance in Contemporary China 1. Rights & Resistance: The Changing Contexts of the Dissident Movement 2. The Revolution of Resistance 3. Pathways of Labor Activism 4. Contesting Rural Spaces: Land Disputes, Customary Tenure and the State 5. Conflict, Resistance, and the Reform of the Hukou System 6. The Externalities of Development: Can New Political Institutions Manage Rural Conflict? 7. Gender, Family and Resistance 8. Domination, Resistance and Accommodation in China's One-Child Campaign 9. Village Governance, Taxation and Resistence 10. Environmental Protests in Rural 11. Alter/Native Mongolian Identity: From Nationality to Ethnic Group 12. The New Cybersects: Popular Religion, Repression and Resistance 13. Chinese Christianity: Indigenization and Conflict
Edition DescriptionNew Edition,Revised edition
SynopsisThis bestselling introduction to Chinese society uses the themes of resistance and protest to explore the complexity of life in contemporary China. An interdisciplinary and international team of China scholars draw on perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history and political science and covers a broad range of issues. Topics covered include: labour and environmental disputes rural and ethnic conflict migration legal challenges intellectual and religious dissidence opposition to family planning. The newly revised, third edition adds two new chapters on gender and the family, and the reform of the Hukou system thus providing a comprehensive text for both undergraduates and specialists in the field, encouraging the reader to challenge conventional images of contemporary Chinese society., This bestselling introduction to Chinese society uses the themes of resistance and protest to explore the complexity of life in contemporary China. The fully revised third edition adds three new chapters on gender and the family, the reform of the Hukou system and village governance.A comprehensive resource for undergraduates and specialists, this book draws on perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history and political science and covers a broad range of issues to challenge conventional images of contemporary Chinese society.
LC Classification NumberHN733.5.C444 2009
