1st Edition

Social Transformation and Chinese Experience

By Peilin Li Copyright 2017
    244 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    244 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    China's success on economic growth and its exploration on political reform in the past few decades have attracted the attention from worldwide economic and political experts. This book studies China's transformation and experience from a sociological perspective, which broadens the research horizons and explores more complexity in contemporary China.

    This book examines China's social structural transformation, especially its implications on resource allocation and expounds on China's sociology academic history. In addition, it covers a broad range of issues including China's experience of reform and development, urbanization, social hierarchy change, social conflicts, social management, mass consumption, etc. Lastly, it investigates China's "urban village" as a byproduct of economic development and urbanization, which is rarely seen in other countries. These themes are key to understanding contemporary Chinese society, which makes this book a valuable reference for specialists on Chinese studies and those who are interested in contemporary China.

    List of figures.  List of tables  Chapter 1 Another Invisible Hand: The Structural Transformation of the Society  Chapter 2 The Implications of Chinese Structural Transformations for Resource Allocation  Chapter 3 Searching for Modernization: Enlightenment, Evolution, and Reformation  Chapter 4 "Chinese School" of Sociology in the First Half of 20th Century  Chapter 5 "Chinese Experience" of Reform and Development  Chapter 6 Urbanization and a New Phase for Chinese Development  Chapter 7 On the Structure of Class and Stratum since China's Reform  Chapter 8 Social Conflict and Class Consciousness: A Research on Contradictions in China Today  Chapter 9 Problems on China Strengthening and Innovating Social Management  Chapter 10 Mass Consumption Stage and Social Reform  Chapter 11 Radical Changes: the End of the Village-Studies on the Villages in the City  Chapter 12 Examine the "Urban Village"-My Methodology to Study "the End of Village"  Index.  Note on Romanization and Translation

    Biography

    Peilin Li is a professor of sociology and academician, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, chief editor of academic Journal Sociological Studies. His research interests include social development, social structure and social policies. He has published many monographs, including Chinese Society: Change and Transformation (Routledge, 2012).