China Today - Economic Reforms, Social Cohesion and Collective Identities

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Part I Economic Perspectives and State-Owned Enterprise Reforms Part II Reshaping the Social Compact in Urban China Part III Social Conflicts, Control and Cohesion Part IV Nation Building and Collective Identities

About the author

Taciana Fisac is Titular Professor of Chinese Language and Culture, and Director of the Centre for East Asian Studies at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. She has published several books and many articles on contemporary Chinese society and culture, focusing mainly on literature, intellectuals and gender issues. Leila Fernández-Stembridge is Associate Professor of Chinese Economy and History at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. She is also Visiting Professor at the China-Europe International Business School in Shanghai. She has published extensively on China's labour market, rural-urban migration and macroeconomic development

Summary

First Published in 2004. China is increasingly influenced by international affairs, especially since its entry into the World Trade Organization in December 2002. Despite this, domestic reforms remain a priority, and as China adapts its economic structure to these ongoing domestic reforms, there are significant social and political consequences. These issues are thoroughly analysed in this volume, which includes chapters by both Eastern and Western specialists, thereby providing an interdisciplinary vision of contemporary China. Particular attention is devoted to questions such as the social compact in urban China, emerging social conflicts, nation building dynamics, and the redefinition of collective identities amidst the current dialectics between control and cohesion. The enduring theme of the book is the complexity of current developments in today’s China.

Product details

• Authors: FERNANDEZ STEMBRIDGE LEILA FISAC, Leila Fisac Fernandez-Stembridge, Leila Fernández-Stembridge
• Assisted by: Leila Fern Ndez-Stembridge (Editor), Leila Fernandez-Stembridge (Editor), Leila Fernández-Stembridge (Editor), Taciana Fisac (Editor), Fisac Taciana (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.09.2010
• EAN: 9780415600163
• ISBN: 978-0-415-60016-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Politische Kontrolle, Propaganda und Freiheitsrechte, Soziale und ethische Themen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Wirtschaftssysteme und -strukturen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General