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--1976-2000.

China.

Social conditions.

China--Social conditions--2000-.

China--Politics and government--1976-2002.

Politics and government.

China--Politics and government--2002-.

Physical Description:

xvii, 324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Summary:

This 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:

labor and environmental disputes

rural and ethnic conflict

migration

legal challenges

inteilectual and religious dissidence

opposition to family planning

suicide

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. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Rights and resistance: the changing contexts of the dissident movement / Minxin Pei Pei, Minxin 31

2 Pathways of labor activism / Ching Kwan Lee Lee, Ching Kwan 57

3 Conflict, resistance and the transformation of the hukon system / Fei-Ling Wang Wang, Fei-Ling 80

4 Contesting rural spaces: land disputes, customary tenure and the state / Peter Ho Ho, Peter 101

5 To the courts or to the barricades? Can new political institutions manage rural conflict? / David Zweig Zweig, David 123

6 Women, marriage and the state in contemporary China / Sara L. Friedman Friedman, Sara L. 148

7 Domination, resistance and accommodation in China's one-child campaign / Tyrene White White, Tyrene 171

8 Environmental protests in rural China / Jun Jing Jing, Jun 197

9 The new cybersects: popular religion, repression and resistance / Patricia M. Thornton Thornton, Patricia M. 215

10 Chinese Christianity: indigenization and conflict / Richard Madsen Madsen, Richard 239

11 Alter/native Mongolian identity: from nationality to ethnic group / Uradyn E. Bulag Bulag, Uradyn E. 261

12 The revolution of resistance / Geremie R. Barme Barme, Geremie R. 288.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

041556073X

9780415560733

0415560748

9780415560740

0203856317

9780203856314

OCLC:

377834398