The study of patron-client politics is new to the study of Hong Kong political science. This book examines whether patron-client relations are critical to the…

One of the critical issues facing both the Chinese government and businesses operating in China is the lack of trained managers. This book, with…

Sociological and psychiatric studies on suicide based on Western ideas about human nature see suicide as social or individual disorder. Suicide in China, however, should…

This volume unravels the politics surrounding behind China’s hegemonic project of heritage tourism development in Lijiang. It provides a compelling study of the dialectical…

This book contributes to a critical understanding of how Chinese same-sex identity in urban China is variously imagined; how it is transformed; and how it…

In the first systematic documentation of the pattern and processes of land development taking place in China in the last two decades George C.S Lin…

This volume examines the shifting role of the state and social organizations (e.g. NGOs) in providing social services in contemporary China. A series of case…

China’s rise as a major trading power has prompted debate about the nature of that country’s involvement in the liberal international economic order. China’s Foreign…

Introducing readers to the far-reaching global orientation that is now taking place in urban China, an international team of contributors describe overarching globalization through a…

Examining the crimes that have recently been of the greatest concern in China, the authors assess the imbalance between public order and human rights in…