Book Series
Routledge Studies on China in Transition
New & Published Titles:
Negotiating Ethnicity in China
Citizenship as a Response to the State
This challenging study brings together anthropology and political science to examine how ethnic minorities are constructed by the state, and how they respond to such… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-415-28372-4 (Routledge)
Grassroots Charisma
Four Local Leaders in China
This book relates the stories of four leaders under very different political regimes: Colonial, Nationalist and Communist. The authors compare Chinese notions of respect and… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-24418-3 (Routledge)
The Chinese Legal System
Globalization and Local Legal Culture
The legal system of the People's Republic of China has seen significant changes since legal reforms began in 1978. At the end of the second… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-415-23674-4 (Routledge)
China's Spatial Economic Development
Regional Transformation in the Lower Yangzi Delta
The spatial patterns of China's rapid economic transformation fundamentally challenge conventional geographies of urban and regional development. This book provides a theoretically informed case study… read more2000 | Hardback: 978-0-415-22779-7 (Routledge)
Regional Development in China
States, Globalization and Inequality
This study systematically examines uneven regional development in China, focusing on three central agents: the foreign investor, the state and the region. Wei's findings have… read more2000 | Hardback: 978-0-415-22448-2 (Routledge)
Cities in Post-Mao China
Recipes for Economic Development in the Reform Era
This volume, written by contributors from a number of different specialisms, suggests that different combinations of factors have contributed to the relative successes and… read more1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20752-2 (Routledge)
Tourism and Modernity in China
This book explores how the experience of modernization is revealed in China's newly constructed tourist landscapes. It argues that in China's burgeoning ethnic tourist villages… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-18850-0 (Routledge)
The Entrepreneurial State in China
Real Estate and Commerce Departments in Reform Era Tianjin
Jane Duckett describes in detail new state business activities in China and explains why they have appeared. Using research on the northern city of Tianjin… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-18741-1 (Routledge)
Industrial Change in China
Economic Restructuring and Conflicting Interests
This book analyses the industrial reform measures taken by the Chinese government during the decade 1985-95 and identifies the economic and political tensions and contradictions… read more1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-16246-3 (Routledge)
China's Enterprise Reform
Changing State/Society Relations After Mao
China's basic work units, collectively known as the danwei system, have undergone significant reform, particularly since 1984. The author examines how this system operates and… read more1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-15726-1 (Routledge)
Series Details:
The spectacular economic development of China has raised many questions about its future. China in Transition participates in the intellectual developments by focusing on social, political and cultural change in the China of the 1990s and beyond. Drawing on new research from scholars in Asia, Australia, North America and Europe, this series is invaluable in monitoring reform and interpreting the consequences for China, its neighbours and the West.
Forthcoming Titles:
China's Cotton Industry: Economic Transformation and State Capacity
By Björn Alpermann
To be published March 4th 2010
Serious Crime in China: Policing and Politics
By Susan Trevaskes
To be published June 1st 2010
The Chinese State's Retreat from Health: Policy and the Politics of Retrenchment
By Jane Duckett
To be published June 15th 2010