Unequal China : the political economy and cultural politics of inequality / edited by Wanning Sun and Yingjie Guo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guo, Yingjie, 1957-

Sun, Wanning, 1963-

Series:

Routledge Studies on China in Transition

Routledge studies on China in transition ; 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--China.

Equality.

Social change--China.

Social change.

China--Economic policy--2000-.

China.

China--Social policy--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Economic development and a dramatic improvement in living standards in many parts of the People's Republic of China during the past three decades of economic reforms have been hailed by the Chinese Communist Party and many commentators in the international arena as the most spectacular achievements in the history of humanity. However, three decades of economic reforms have also transformed China from one of the world's most egalitarian societies into one of the most unequal.This book offers a comprehensive account of inequality in China from an interdisciplinary perspective. It both

Contents:

Introduction / Wanning Sun and Yingjie Guo

Political power and social inequality : the impact of the state / Yingjie Guo

Inequality and culture : a new pathway to understanding social inequality / Wanning Sun

Between social justice and social order : the framing of inequality / David Kelly

Temporality as trope in delineating inequality : progress for the prosperous, time warp for the poor / Dorothy Solinger

Uneven development and the time/space economy / Carolyn Cartier

The great divide : institutionalized inequality in market socialism / Beibei Tang and Luigi Tomba

Education and inequality : education and equality / Andrew Kipnis

(in)equality under the law in China today / Colin Hawes

Between entitlement and stigmatization : the lessons of HIV/AIDS for China's medical reform / Johanna Hood

Grassroots activism : non-normative sexual politics in post-socialist China / Lisa Rofel

Gender as a categorical source of property inequality in urbanizing China / Sally Sargeson

Law of the land or land law? : notions of inequality and inequity in rural Anhui / Graeme Smith

What's wrong with inequality : power, culture and opportunity / David S. G. Goodman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-203-10015-8

1-283-86162-3

1-136-22998-1

9780203100158

OCLC:

820787681