Boundaries and Categories - Rising Inequality in Post-Socialist Urban China

Zusatztext "The study merits its place in the collection "Studies in Social Inequality" of Stanford University...As sociologist, Wang Feng rightly insists on important observable phenomena, and gives further proof that market societies are not uniform, even when facing similar challenges." Informationen zum Autor Wang Feng is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine. He is the co-author of One Quarter of Humanity: Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities (1999), which received best scholarship awards from the American Sociological Association and the Social Science History Association. Klappentext A systematic and in-depth analysis and explanation of China's rapid increase in inequality in the last two decades. Zusammenfassung A systematic and in-depth analysis and explanation of China's rapid increase in inequality in the last two decades.

Product details

• Authors: Wang Feng, Feng Wang
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2007
• EAN: 9780804757942
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5794-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Studies in Social Inequality; Studies in Social Inequality
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories