Chinese Society : Change, Conflict and Resistance Paperback / softback
Edited by Elizabeth J. Perry, Mark (Cornell University, USA) Selden
Part of the Asia's Transformations series
Paperback / softback
Description
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:labour and environmental disputesrural and ethnic conflictmigrationlegal challengesintellectual and religious dissidenceopposition to family planning. 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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:344 pages, 12 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:10/03/2010
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- ISBN:9780415560740
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:344 pages, 12 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:10/03/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415560740
