Book Series

Routledge Contemporary China Series

New & Published Titles:

China Turns to Multilateralism

Foreign Policy and Regional Security

Edited by Guoguang Wu

China’s recent rapid economic growth has drawn global attention to its foreign policy, which increasingly has had an impact on world politics. In contrast with…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-42571-1 (Routledge)

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Cultural Heritage Management in China

Preserving the Cities of the Pearl River Delta

Edited by Hilary du Cros, Yok-shiu F. Lee

Cultural Heritage Management in China presents a thematic examination of the development of cultural heritage management (CHM) in an Asian context. It challenges assumptions of…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39719-3 (Routledge)

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China's State Enterprise Reform

From Marx to the Market

By John Hassard, Jackie Sheehan, Meixiang Zhou, Jane Terpstra-Tong, Jonathan Morris

Based on extensive original research, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of state enterprise reform in China.

Chinese State Enterprise

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37172-8 (Routledge)

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Gender and Work in Urban China

Women Workers of the Unlucky Generation

By Jieyu Liu

Although it is generally believed in China that socialism raised women’s status and paid work liberated them from the shackles of patriarchy, the economic reforms…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39211-2 (Routledge)

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Human Security and the Chinese State

Historical Transformations and the Modern Quest for Sovereignty

By Robert Bedeski

Offering a fresh and unique approach to surveying the historical transformations of the Chinese state, Human Security and the Chinese State focuses on human security…

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2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41255-1 (Routledge)

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Gender and Education in China

Gender Discourses and Women's Schooling in the Early Twentieth Century

By Paul J. Bailey

Gender and Education in China analyzes the significance, impact and nature of women's public education in China from its beginnings at the turn of the…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40283-5 (Routledge)

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Sars

Reception and Interpretation in Three Chinese Cities

Edited by Deborah Davis, Helen F. Siu

SARS (Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first presented itself to the global medical community as a case of atypical pneumonia in one small Chinese village in November…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77085-9 (Routledge)

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Unemployment in China

Economy, Human Resources and Labour Markets

Edited by Grace O.M. Lee, Malcolm Warner

Unemployment in China offers a new and invaluable insight into the Chinese economy, keenly analyzing the new directions the world's next superpower is now taking.

Successfully…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37171-1 (Routledge)

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International Human Resource Management in Chinese Multinationals

Edited by Jie Shen, Vincent Edwards

The authors explore the degree to which Chinese multinationals have a distinctive 'Chinese' approach to human resource management, in the same way as large Japanese…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36004-3 (Routledge)

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Politics in China since 1949

Legitimizing Authoritarian Rule

By Robert Weatherley

Since the victory of the 1949 revolution the incumbency of the Chinese Communist Party has been characterized by an almost relentless struggle to legitimize its…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39109-2 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Reconciling State, Market and Society in China: The Long March Toward Prosperity
By Paolo Urio
To be published December 9th 2009

Chinese Family Business and the Equal Inheritance System: Unravelling the Myth
By Victor Zheng
To be published December 18th 2009

Innovation in China: The Chinese Software Industry
By Shang-Ling Jui
To be published January 20th 2010

Law, Policy and Practice on China's Periphery: Selective Adaptation and Institutional Capacity
By Pitman B. Potter
To be published March 15th 2010

Mobility, Migration and the Chinese Scientific Research System
By Koen Jonkers
To be published April 8th 2010

Chinese Film Stars
Edited by Mary Farquhar, Yingjin Zhang
To be published April 14th 2010

Industrialisation and Rural Livelihoods in China
By Susanne Lingohr-Wolf
To be published June 1st 2010

China-Africa Development Relations
Edited by Christopher M. Dent
To be published June 15th 2010

Trade Unions in China
By Tim Pringle
To be published June 30th 2010

Television regulation and media policy in China
By Yik Chan Chin
To be published June 30th 2010

Chinese Male Homosexualities: Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy
By Travis S.K. Kong
To be published June 30th 2010

Religion in Contemporary China: Revitalization and Innovation
Edited by Adam Yuet Chau
To be published July 20th 2010

Industrial Innovation in China: Emerging Challenges and New Issues
Edited by Denis Fred Simon
To be published August 20th 2010