Chinese society : change, conflict and resistance / edited by Elizabeth J. Perry and Mark Selden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perry, Elizabeth J.

Selden, Mark.

Series:

Asia's transformations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Social conditions--1976-.

China.

Social conditions.

China--Politics and government--1976-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiv, 320 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.

Summary:

This introduction to Chinese society uses the themes of resistance and protest to explore the complexity of life in contemporary China. The book draws on perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history and political science and covers a broad range of issues including women, labour, ethnic conflict and suicide. The new edition brings the text fully up to date, adding three new chapters on Falun Gong, Christianity and land struggles.

Contents:

Rights and resistance: the changing contexts of the dissident movement / Minxin Pei

The revolution of resistance / Geremie R. Barmé

Pathways of labour insurgency / Ching Kwan Lee

Contesting rural spaces: land disputes, customary tenure and the state / Peter Ho

To the courts or to the barricades: can new political institutions manage rural conflict? / David Zweig

Migration, hukou and resistance in reform China / Hein Mallee

Gender, employment and women's resistance / Wang Zheng

Domination, resistance and accommodation in China's one-child campaign / Tyrene White

Environmental protests in rural China / Jun Jing

Alter/Native Mongolian identity: from nationality to ethnic group

Uradyn E. Bulag

The new cybersects: resistance and repression in the reform era / Patricia M. Thornton

Chinese Christianity: indigenization and conflict / Richard Madsen

Suicide as resistance in Chinese society / Sing Lee and Arthur Kleinman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

041530170X

0415301696

OCLC:

51505505