Class And Social Stratification In Post Revolution China

Author : James L. Watson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521143845

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Class and Social Stratification in Post-Revolution China by James L. Watson Pdf

This 1984 book deals with those social transformations which occurred in Chinese society since the revolution in 1949. During the 1950s the Chinese Communist Party introduced a rigid system of class labels (e.g. landlord, rich peasant, middle peasant, landless labourer) based on pre-revolutionary notions of exploitation and property ownership. The class label system was a source of much social discontent during the 1960s and mid-1970s; the official use of labels ceased by the time of this book's publication, but the effects of the system are still felt by millions of Chinese. The book will be of interest to a wide range of readers, not just those who specialise in Chinese social history. Contributors include two anthropologists, one historian, three political scientists, and three sociologists.

Author : Yingjie Guo
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783470648

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Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China by Yingjie Guo Pdf

This comprehensive and interdisciplinary Handbook illustrates the patterns of class transformation in China since 1949, situating them in their historical context. Presenting detailed case studies of social stratification and class formation in a wide range of settings, the expert international contributors provide invaluable insights into multiple aspects of China’s economy, polity and society. The Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China explores critical contemporary topics which are rarely put in perspective or schematized, therefore placing it at the forefront of progressive scholarship. These include; • state power as a determinant of life chances • women’s social mobility in relation to marriage • the high school entrance exam as a class sorter • class stratification in relation to health • China’s rural migrant workers and labour politics. Eminently readable, this systematic exploration of class and stratification will appeal to scholars and researchers with an interest in class formation, status attainment, social inequality, mobility, development, social policy and politics in China and Asia.

Author : James L. Watson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:841523632

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Class and Social Stratification in Postrevolution China by James L. Watson Pdf

Author : Alvin Y. So
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814449656

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Class and Class Conflict in Post-socialist China by Alvin Y. So Pdf

This book uses a state-centered approach to trace the historical origins, developments, and evolutions of different patterns of class conflict among workers, peasants, capitalists, and the middle class in socialist and post-socialist China.

Author : Marc Blecher,David S G Goodman,Yingjie Guo,Jean-Louis Rocca,Tony Saich
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000545630

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Class and the Communist Party of China, 1921-1978 by Marc Blecher,David S G Goodman,Yingjie Guo,Jean-Louis Rocca,Tony Saich Pdf

Examining the interaction between the Communist Party of China (CCP) and specific social categories (including peasants, workers, the middle classes, and the dominant class), with a focus on class and class discourse, this volume analyses the CCP’s impact on social change in China between 1921 and 1978. By exploring the CCP’s evolving discourse of class, this book demonstrates that, while class has retained its centrality, its meaning has been re-articulated from an ideological-political tool to a less meaningful signifier, though always used instrumentality. By examining the impact of the CCP’s policies and discourse surrounding class, it also reveals how its own policies since 1921 have shaped the CCP’s current (2021) perspectives on class and stratification. This volume, through an analysis of economic, political, and cultural inequalities in Chinese society even after 1949, also reveals the emergence of a diverse and often overlooked middle class in Chinese society during the 1950s. Delivering a detailed analysis of how the CCP has developed its practical approaches to class and mobilization, this study will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese politics, Chinese history, Asian politics, and Asian studies.

Author : Yi Li,Dr. Yi Li
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106019038584

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The Structure and Evolution of Chinese Social Stratification by Yi Li,Dr. Yi Li Pdf

There have been two great shifts of power on the world stage during the past five centuries: the rise of Europe following the Industrial Revolution, and the rise of the United States after its Civil War. As we speak, a new power shift is beginning to take shape: the rise of Asia. Leading Asia's charge toward the world's center stage are the reemerging powers of China and India. To answer and adapt to such new challenges, the United States must develop a thorough understanding of the society of China. This book is a groundbreaking work in China Studies. For generations, China scholars have pursued the structure of Chinese social stratification, but none has completely succeeded in constructing even a single, complete model. The Annual Review of Sociology 2002 reported: "Insufficient research attention has been given to emerging social classes in rural and urban China and existing analysis are hampered by the still evolving nature of social and economic structures in which social classes are in the making. Thus, insightful analysis and reliable assessments are to be called for from future researchers." The Structure & Evolution of Chinese Social Stratification has finally addressed this gap. Dr. Li provides detailed analysis critical to understanding the class structure of Chinese society, both pre-1949 and in the post-Mao era. His explanation of the origin, structure, and evolution of the model will be essential reading material for any introductory student of Chinese society.

Author : Marc Blecher,David S G Goodman,Yingjie Guo,Jean-Louis Rocca,Beibei Tang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000547245

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Class and the Communist Party of China, 1978-2021 by Marc Blecher,David S G Goodman,Yingjie Guo,Jean-Louis Rocca,Beibei Tang Pdf

By examining the changing political economy in China through detailed studies of the peasantry, workers, middle classes, and the dominant class, this volume reveals the Communist Party of China’s (CCP’s) impact on social change in China between 1978 and 2021. This book explores in depth the CCP’s programme of reform and openness that had a dramatic impact on China’s socio-economic trajectory following the death of Mao Zedong and the end of the Cultural Revolution. It also goes on to chart the acceptance of Market Socialism, highlighting the resulting emergence of a larger middle class, while also appreciating the profound consequences this created for workers and peasants. Additionally, this volume examines the development of the dominant class which remains a defining feature of China’s political economy and the Party-state. Providing an in-depth analysis of class as understood by the CCP in conjunction with sociological interpretations of socio-economic and socio-political change, this study will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese Politics, Chinese History, Asian Politics, and Asian studies.

Author : Li Qiang
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781626430440

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Social Stratification in Contemporary China by Li Qiang Pdf

Social Stratification in Contemporary China raises and debates major sociological issues of modern and present-day China from a historical perspective. Such topics as “equality and inequality"and “acceptability of defined inequality"have been dealt with in a broad historical context since 1949 when the People’s Republic was founded. The work is widely accepted as one of the most important studies trying to clarify the difficult perceptions of policy of reform and opening up that was formulated and implemented in the early 1980s in China. Professor Li Qiang is one of the leading sociologists in China.

Author : David S. G. Goodman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745687308

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Class in Contemporary China by David S. G. Goodman Pdf

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 More than three decades of economic growth have led to significant social change in the People's Republic of China. This timely book examines the emerging structures of class and social stratification: how they are interpreted and managed by the Chinese Communist Party, and how they are understood and lived by people themselves. David Goodman details the emergence of a dominant class based on political power and wealth that has emerged from the institutions of the Party-state; a well-established middle class that is closely associated with the Party-state and a not-so-well-established entrepreneurial middle class; and several different subordinate classes in both the rural and urban areas. In doing so, he considers several critical issues: the extent to which the social basis of the Chinese political system has changed and the likely consequences; the impact of change on the old working class that was the socio-political mainstay of state socialism before the 1980s; the extent to which the migrant workers on whom much of the economic power of the PRC since the early 1980s has been based are becoming a new working class; and the consequences of China's growing middle class, especially for politics. The result is an invaluable guide for students and non-specialists interested in the contours of ongoing social change in China.

Author : Larry M. Wortzel
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1987-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038245655

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Class in China by Larry M. Wortzel Pdf

[T]he book is splendid. Wortzel combines his expertise in Sinology with his meticulous attention to epistemology and methodology in studying the class structure and stratification in Maoist China, accomplishing the rare feat of freeing himself from ideological bias and parochial ethnic subjectivity. . . . It is indeed refreshing to read Wortzel's realistic book. Journal of Third World Studies Although the hierarchy of class is said to have been replaced with distinctions between the friends and enemies of Communism, Larry Wortzel argues that the Chinese Communist Party has in reality evolved into a ruling class which serves its own interests. Drawing on literature from dissident Marxists and using analyses of writings from underground journals and the Beijing publication People's Literature, the author examines perceptions of social stratification and finds that the determinants of social and economic standing now appear to depend on lines of management and authority, residence in urban or rural areas, and Party membership, especially when combined with positions of authority This work presents one of the first comprehensive analyses of the class system in socialist China as it exists in practice rather as conceived in theory.

Author : Richard Curt Kraus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : China
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035502611

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The Evolving Concept of Class in Post-liberation China by Richard Curt Kraus Pdf

Author : Eddy U
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520303690

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Creating the Intellectual by Eddy U Pdf

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Creating the Intellectual redefines how we understand relations between intellectuals and the Chinese socialist revolution of the last century. Under the Chinese Communist Party, “the intellectual” was first and foremost a widening classification of individuals based on Marxist thought. The party turned revolutionaries and otherwise ordinary people into subjects identified as usable but untrustworthy intellectuals, an identification that profoundly affected patterns of domination, interaction, and rupture within the revolutionary enterprise. Drawing on a wide range of data, Eddy U takes the reader on a journey that examines political discourses, revolutionary strategies, rural activities, urban registrations, workplace arrangements, organized protests, and theater productions. He lays out in colorful detail the formation of new identities, forms of organization, and associations in Chinese society. The outcome is a compelling picture of the mutual constitution of the intellectual and the Chinese socialist revolution, the legacy of which still affects ways of seeing, thinking, acting, and feeling in what is now a globalized China.

Author : Li Youmei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000388169

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China’s Middle Class by Li Youmei Pdf

This book is a collection of empirical studies on China’s middle class from top-ranking Chinese sociologists, discussing this newly identified social stratum with regard to the basic concept and scope of the group, its functions, formation, identity, consumption, behavior patterns and value system. As the first study of its kind, the analysis of most chapters is based on a rich body of empirical data gathered from rigorous large-scale surveys designed specifically for the Chinese middle class across megacities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The book traces the complex and dynamic formation process of China’s middle class from different perspectives while dealing with issues of social concern such as “rigid social stratification”. The findings shed light on the underlying logic of structural change in Chinese society over several recent decades, with significant policy implications. The book will attract sociologists, students and policymakers interested in social structure, social transformation and middle-income groups in China.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004182615

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Social Stratification in Chinese Societies by Anonim Pdf

The annual is a venue of publication for sociological studies of Chinese societies and the Chinese all over the world. The main focus is on social transformations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the mainland, Singapore and Chinese overseas.

Author : Deborah S. Davis,Feng Wang
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804769877

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Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China by Deborah S. Davis,Feng Wang Pdf

The Chinese economy's return to commodification and privatization has greatly diversified China's institutional landscape. With the migration of more than 140 million villagers to cities and rapid urbanization of rural settlements, it is no longer possible to presume that the nation can be divided into strictly urban or rural classifications. Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China draws on a wide variety of recent national surveys and detailed case studies to capture the diversity of postsocialist China and identify the contradictory dynamics forging contemporary social stratification. Focusing on economic inequality, social stratification, power relations, and everyday life chances, the volume provides an overview of postsocialist class order and contributes to current debates over the forces driving global inequalities. This book will be a must read for those interested in social inequality, stratification, class formation, postsocialist transformations, and China and Asian studies.