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Northern and Southern China: Regional Differences in Rural Areas book cover

1st Edition

Northern and Southern China Regional Differences in Rural Areas

Edited By He Xuefeng Copyright 2022
360 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

360 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

360 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This edited volume examines regional differences in social structure in rural China and elaborates the characteristics, reasons and practical implications to policymaking. In contrast to many existing studies, the book spotlights regional disparities that stem from the varied social compositions of villages and their social relations in rural areas of Northern, Central and Southern China. Three... Read more

1. Introduction: Regional Variations in Rural China from the Perspective of Social Structure

He Xuefeng

2. Regional Difference in China's Rural Areas and the Formulation of the Middle-Range Theory

Gui Hua and He Xuefeng

Part 1: Family

3. Regional Variations in Family Development in China's Rural Areas

Tao Zixiang

4. Regional Variations in Family Division in Rural China

Du Peng

5. Regional Difference of Elderly Support Patterns in China's Rural Areas

Ban Tao

Part 2: Mianzi and Renqing

6. Regional Difference in Mianzi and Mianzi Competition in China's Rural Society

Wang Defu

7. Regional Variations in Renqing in Ceremonial or Ritualized Situations

Du Jiao

Part 3: Society

8. Regional Variations in Suicide Incidence in Rural China

Liu Yanwu

9. Studies on China¡¯s Bachelors from the Perspective of Regional Difference

Liu Chengliang

10. Regional Difference in the Change of the Social Status of the Elders

Wu Hailong

Part 4: Governance

11. Regional Difference in Fertility Behavior in China's Rural Areas

Qiu Ye

Biography

He Xuefeng is a professor in the School of Sociology at Wuhan University and the director of the China Rural Governance Research Center at Wuhan University. His main research interests are rural governance studies and rural construction practice.

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