Understanding Chinese society : changes and transformations /

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- : basic institutions of the Chinese societies -- The Chinese society in pre-reform China -- The institutional changes in post-reform China -- Socioeconomic changes in the Chinese societies -- Chinese family and kinship : yesterday and today -- Chinese women and...

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Main Authors: Tsang, Eileen Yuk-Ha
Published: World Scientific,
Publisher Address: New Jersey :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Series on contemporary China ; volume 37
Subjects:
Summary: Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- : basic institutions of the Chinese societies -- The Chinese society in pre-reform China -- The institutional changes in post-reform China -- Socioeconomic changes in the Chinese societies -- Chinese family and kinship : yesterday and today -- Chinese women and education : better off in post-socialist China? -- Emergence of the Chinese new middle class -- Governmentality and conspicuous consumption pattern -- Sociocultural changes in the Chinese societies -- Institutionalization of Guanxi (connections) -- Consumerism, the pursuit of beauty, and medical
Carrier Form: xvi, 172 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9789814644853
9814644854
Index Number: HN733
CLC: D669
Call Number: D669/T877
Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- : basic institutions of the Chinese societies -- The Chinese society in pre-reform China -- The institutional changes in post-reform China -- Socioeconomic changes in the Chinese societies -- Chinese family and kinship : yesterday and today -- Chinese women and education : better off in post-socialist China? -- Emergence of the Chinese new middle class -- Governmentality and conspicuous consumption pattern -- Sociocultural changes in the Chinese societies -- Institutionalization of Guanxi (connections) -- Consumerism, the pursuit of beauty, and medical