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1. The Chinese Transformation of Corporate Culture

   By Colin Hawes

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   In recent years, Chinese policymakers and corporate leaders have focused significant attention on the concept of corporate culture. This book will reveal the political, social and economic factors behind the enormous current interest in corporate culture in China and provide a wide range of case...

   Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
2. Mapping Media in China

   Region, Province, Locality

   Edited by Wanning Sun, Jenny Chio

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   Mapping Media in China is the first book-length study that goes below the ‘national’ scale to focus on the rich diversity of media in China from local, provincial and regional angles. China’s media has played a crucial role in shaping and directing the country’s social and cultural changes, and...

   Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
3. Political Change in Macao

   By Shiu-Hing Lo

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   Since the handover to the People's Republic of China in 1999 Macao has undergone a multi-faceted transformation marked by persistent bureaucratic reforms, changing patterns and modes of political participation, internationalization and modernization, and competition and coordination with Macao’s...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
4. Institutional Balancing in the Asia Pacific

   Economic interdependence and China's rise

   By Kai He

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   This book examines the strategic interactions among China, the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asian States in the context of China’s rise and globalization after the cold war. Engaging the mainstream theoretical debates in international relations, the author introduces a new theoretical...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. China, the West and the Myth of New Public Management

   Neoliberalism and its Discontents

   By Paolo Urio

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   In the West, innovations in new public management (NPM) have been regarded as part of the neoliberal project, whilst in China, these reforms have emerged from a very different economic and social landscape. Despite these differences however, similar measures to those introduced in the West have...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
6. Politics and Government in Hong Kong

   Crisis under Chinese sovereignty

   Edited by Ming Sing

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   This book examines the government of Hong Kong since its handover to mainland China in 1997, focusing in particular on the anti-government mass protests and mobilisations in the years since 2003. It argues that Hong Kong has been poorly governed since transferring to Chinese rule, and that public...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
7. Chinese Male Homosexualities

   Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy

   By Travis S. K. Kong

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   This book presents a groundbreaking exploration of masculinities and homosexualities amongst Chinese gay men. It provides a sociological account of masculinity, desire, sexuality, identity and citizenship in contemporary Chinese societies, and within the constellation of global culture. Kong...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
8. Rent Seeking in China

   Edited by Tak-Wing Ngo, Yongping Wu

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   In China, rent seeking has been linked to the idea of the local developmental state in which rapid economic development is explained in terms of the promotion of village and township enterprises by local cadres who wants to maximize revenue. At the same time, the rent-seeking state is also seen as...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Law and Policy for China's Market Socialism

   Edited by John Garrick

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   This edited volume presents fresh empirical research on the emerging outcomes of China’s law reforms. The chapters examine China’s ‘going out’ policy by addressing the ways in which the underpinning legal reforms enable China to pursue its core interests and broad international responsibilities as...

   Published April 8th 2012 by Routledge
10. Gender and Education in China

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

    By Paul J. Bailey

    Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

    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 twentieth century. Educational change was an integral aspect of the early twentieth century state-building and modernizing reforms implemented by...

    Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge