Beschreibung:
Introduces readers to key sociological perspectives about modern Chinese society and social change.
Part I. Social Institutions: 1. Families, kinship and relatedness; 2. Marriage, intimacy, sex; 3. Citizenship, household registration and migration; 4. Community institutions; 5. Work; Part II. Cultures, Socialization and the Formation of Identities: 6. Religion, ritual and religiosity; 7. Ethnicity; 8. Education and the cultivation of citizens; 9. Modernity, youth identities and popular culture; Part III. Inequalities, Injustices and Social Responses: 10. Class and stratification; 11. Regional, rural/urban and within-community inequalities; 12. The 'woman question' and gender inequalities; 13. Collective action and social change.